noun
1. : a ceremonial English and west European folk dance executed by men in a ring by performing evolutions with a sword in the right hand and the tip of a neighbor's sword in the left and joining in figures in which the swords are brandished
2. : a dance performed over or around swords without touching them ; especially : the Scottish Highland solo dance performed in the angles formed by two swords or a sword and scabbard crossed on the ground
3. : any male solo dance performed with the flourishing of a sword or saber