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.

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

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

noun. 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.

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

noun. Any square dance resembling the quadrille.

noun. Music for such square dances.

Same as quadrillé.

adjective. Marked with squares, generally by thin lines crossing at right angles and at equal intervals.

noun. A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set.

noun. The appropriate music for a quadrille.

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

noun. A dance originating from the mid 1700s with four dancers forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.

noun. A card game from the 1700s.

noun. Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.

noun. a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples

noun. music for dancing the quadrille

"I think you'll agree there's a certain likeness in the bearing, the handsome features and noble mien, his quadrille is second to none and of course his manners are on the whole impeccable."

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quadrille paper  

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