1. n.1 a square dance containing usu. five figures.
2 the music for this.
Etymology: F f. Sp. cuadrilla troop, company f. cuadra square or It. quadriglia f. quadra square 2. n. a card game for four players with forty cards, fashionable in the 18th c.
Etymology: F, perh. f. Sp. cuartillo f. cuarto fourth, assim. to QUADRILLE(1)