noun
quadrille
Quadrille (noun) means an old dance from the 1700s performed by four couples arranged in a square, similar to a square dance.
noun
1
An old dance from the 1700s performed by four couples arranged in a square, similar to a square dance.
2
The music played for this particular dance.
3
An old Spanish card game, played in the eighteenth century, that used a forty-card deck and involved winning tricks.
4
A dressage display performed by at least four riders and horses, usually set to music.
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Etymology
A French word used in the sense of “group of knights”, taken from Spanish cuadrilla, itself a diminutive of cuadra (“square”) (compare also cuadra (“four”)), which goes back to Latin quadra.
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What is the meaning of quadrille?
"quadrille" (noun) means an old dance from the 1700s performed by four couples arranged in a square, similar to a square dance.
What are the different meanings of quadrille?
"quadrille" has 3 main meanings: 1. An old dance from the 1700s performed by four couples arranged in a square, similar to a square dance; 2. The music played for this particular dance; 3. An old Spanish card game, played in the eighteenth century, that used a forty-card deck and involved winning tricks.
