quadrille
noun/kwəˈdrɪl/
/kwəˈdrɪl/
- a dance for four or more couples in a square, popular in the pastWord Originmid 18th cent.: from French from Spanish cuadrilla or Italian quadriglia ‘troop, company’, from cuadra, quadra ‘square’, based on Latin quadrare ‘make square’.
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