quadrille

noun

  1. 1

    A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.

  2. 2

    The music for this dance.

  3. 3

    A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s played with a 40-card deck.

  4. 4

    A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.

verb

  1. 1

    To dance the quadrille.

noun

  1. 1

    Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.

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