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▪ I. cotillion, ‖ cotillon, n.|kəʊˈtɪljən, kotijɔ̃|
[ad. F. cotillon petticoat, peasant girl's jupon, dim. of cotte coat, in 18th c. given as name to a dance for four or eight persons: see Littré.]
1. The name of several dances, chiefly of French origin, consisting of a variety of steps and figures.
In English usage now only as a foreign term; but in U.S. commonly used as a generic name for quadrilles, and particularly applied to a dance consisting of an elaborate series of steps and figures, called specifically the German c.
1766[C. Anstey] Bath Guide xiii. 140 Miss Clunch and Sir Toby perform'd a Cotillon. 1775Sheridan Rivals iii. v, These outlandish heathen Allemandes and Cotillons are quite beyond me! 1790Burns Tam O'Shanter 116 Warlocks and witches in a dance; Nae cotillion brent new frae France. 1831F. Trollope Dom. Manners Amer. xiv. (1839) 117 [In America] they call their dances cotillions instead of quadrilles. 1860Motley Netherl. (1868) I. ii. 36 If I am ever caught dancing the German cotillon.
b. attrib.
1811L. M. Hawkins C'tess & Gertr. I. 124 Monday's dress ball, Wednesday's concert, Thursday's cotillion ball. 1837–42Hawthorne Twice Told T. (1851) II. xv. 229 Some cotillion party, or subscription ball at a dollar a head.
2. a. A piece of music suited to or arranged for the dance.
1828in Webster.
b. A formal ball, such as a coming-out dance. U.S.
1898P. L. Ford Tattle-Tales of Cupid 210 Well, on a yacht—he met her; then at a ball—he met her; then at a cotillion—he met her; then at a dinner—he met her. 1910J. Addams Twenty Years at Hull-House xv. 348 A small group of residents put their best powers of invention and construction into preparation for a cotillion which is like a pageant in its gayety and vigor. 1985N.Y. Times 3 Nov. i. 84/3 She was presented at the Debutante Cotillion and Christmas Ball and was a member of the New York Junior Assembly.
3. ‘A woollen material in black and white for ladies' skirts’ (Simmonds Dict. Trade 1858).
▪ II. coˈtillion, coˈtillon, v.
[f. the n.]
intr. To dance cotillions.
1833Deb. Congress 26 Jan. 1402 Daughters of very indulgent fathers enter the ball room, and waltz, and cotillon, ornamented with several hundred bales of cotton. 1900Daily News 28 June 4/7 We dance, and cotillon, and listen to music.
Hence ‖ cotillonneur |kɔtijɔnœːr|, a dancer of the cotillion.
1898Daily News 4 June 3/3 One of the best cotilloneurs going. |