Definition quadrille
Etymology 1
French, in sense of “group of knights”, from Spanish cuadrilla, diminutive of cuadra (“square”) (compare also cuadra (“four”)), from Latin quadra.
Noun
quadrille (plural quadrilles)
- A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
- The music for this dance.
- (card games) A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s played with a 40-card deck.
- A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.
Verb
quadrille (third-person singular simple present quadrilles, present participle quadrilling, simple past and past participle quadrilled)
- (intransitive) To dance the quadrille.
Etymology 2
From French quadrillé.
Noun
quadrille (plural quadrilles)
- Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.