A kind of French dance resembling a cotillon.

A kind of dance; = French branle, branle, n., bransle, n., brantle, n. (Only Scottish)

A kind of dance; a particular kind of ‘brawl’.

A kind of dance; also, a song for dance music. (= brangle, n.1 2, branle, n. 2, brantle, n.)

A kind of dance, and the kind of music suitable to it; = brangle, n.1 2, bransle, n. 2, brantle, n.

‘A stately figure-dance, much esteemed in the 17th cent.’ Littré.

The name of several dances, chiefly of French origin, consisting of a variety of steps and figures.

A square dance, typically performed by four couples, containing five sections or figures each of which is a complete dance in itself. Also set of quad…

an elaborate form of quadrille.

a quadrille danced as a supper dance (see supper dance n. (a)).

A kind of country dance, similar to the cotillion.

‘A lively dance in 2–4 time, originally a separate and independent dance, but now also forming a portion of a set of quadrilles’ (Stainer &…

A kind of dance; = brangle, n.1 2, branle, n. 2, bransle, n. 2.

Elliptical uses of the adjective. Dance (chiefly U.S., now historical). = German cotillion n. at compounds 1b. Also: a party for dancing at which…

plural. The name of a species of quadrille. Also the music proper to this dance.

A kind of country dance. Cf. Grandpapa dance n. at grandpapa, n. compounds and Grandpère, n.