a game, accompanied by a song with several verses, in which one person, designated as the farmer, occupies the center of a circle of persons and is joined in the circle by other players designated as wife, child, nurse, cat, rat, and cheese, these then leaving the circle in order except for the one designated as cheese, who is left standing alone in the circle at the end.
FARMER IN THE DELL
Meaning of FARMER IN THE DELL in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012