What is the meaning of Quadrille?

  • (a.) Marked with squares, generally by thin lines crossing at right angles and at equal intervals; as, quadrille paper or plotting paper.
  • (n.) A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded.
  • (n.) A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set.
  • (n.) The appropriate music for a quadrille.
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APAWebster's. (2011). Quadrille. Retrieved September 23, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/quadrille/definitions/2051569
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HarvardWebster's 2011, Quadrille, Smart Define, viewed 23 September, 2026, <http://smartdefine.org/quadrille/definitions/2051569>.
MLAWebster's. "Quadrille" 27 May 2011. Web. 23 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/quadrille/definitions/2051569>
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