quadrille

To play at quadrille.

To dance quadrilles.

Divided or marked off into squares; having a pattern composed of small squares: said of textile fabrics, writing-papers ruled with lines crossing at right angles, and the like.

A small squadron; a cluster of richly caparisoned horsemen at a tournament or mounted fête. They were distinguished by different colors.

A game played by four persons with forty cards, which are the remainder of the pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded.

A square dance for four couples, consisting regularly of five parts or movements, each complete in itself — namely, le pantalon, Pété, la poule, la trénise (or la pastourelle), and la finale.

Any single set of dancers or maskers arranged in four sets or groups.

Any square dance resembling the quadrille.

Music for such square dances.

Same as quadrillé.