Quadrille
Pronunciation : Qua*drille"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. quadrille, n. fem., fr. Sp. cuadrilla meeting of four or more persons or It. quadriglia a band of soldiers, a sort of dance; dim. fr. L. quadra a square, fr. quattuor four. See Quadrate.]
Definition : 1. A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set.
2. The appropriate music for a quadrille.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Qua*drille"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. quadrille, n. masc., cf. It. quadriglio; or perhaps from the Spanish. See Quadrille a dance.]
Definition : Defn: A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded. Hoyle.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913