Associations to the word «Quadrille»

Wiktionary

QUADRILLE, noun. A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four dancers forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
QUADRILLE, noun. The music for this dance.
QUADRILLE, noun. (card games) A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s.
QUADRILLE, noun. A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.
QUADRILLE, verb. (intransitive) To dance the quadrille.
QUADRILLE, noun. Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.
QUADRILLE PAPER, noun. Paper marked out with squares

Dictionary definition

QUADRILLE, noun. Music for dancing the quadrille.
QUADRILLE, noun. A square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples.

Wise words

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