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Definition of Quadrilles

Quadrille
Quadrille Qua*drille", n. [F. quadrille, n. masc., cf. It. quadriglio; or perhaps from the Spanish. See Quadrille a dance.] A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded. --Hoyle.
Quadrille
Quadrille Qua*drille", n. [F. quadrille, n. fem., fr. Sp. cuadrilla meeting of four or more persons or It. quadriglia a band of soldiers, a sort of dance; dim. fr. L. quadra a square, fr. quattuor four. See Quadrate.] 1. A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set. 2. The appropriate music for a quadrille.

Meaning of Quadrilles from wikipedia

- the quadrille both figures were used: La Trénis became the fourth part, and La Pastourelle the fifth, making a total of six parts. Notable quadrilles include...
- Look up quadrille in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Quadrille is a dance. Quadrille may also refer to: Quadrille (card game), a trick-taking card game...
- Debut-Quadrille, Op. 2, is a quadrille composed by Johann Strauss II. It was one of four compositions that Strauss had written for his début as a composer...
- 4}. Conway calls it a truncated quadrille, constructed as a truncation operation applied to a square tiling (quadrille). Other names used for this pattern...
- Quadrille is a card game that was highly po****r in the 18th century at the French court and among the British nobility, especially women. A variant of...
- Quadrille Ball is an annual society ball that has taken place in New York City each year since 1961, usually in January or February. It is a non-profit...
- as the caristo. Many quadrilles are found across Dominica under a wide variety of names. In addition to the standard quadrille, the lancer is also an...
- The can-can is believed to have evolved from the final figure in the quadrille, a social dance for four or more couples. The exact origin of the dance...
- "The Mock Turtle's Song", also known as the "Lobster Quadrille", is a song recited by the Mock Turtle in Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures...
- Quadrille is the name of two loosely related card games of the Patience or solitaire type which are often confused. Both use a pack of 52 playing cards...