quadrille 1
/kwo dril", kweuh-, keuh-/ , n.
1. a square dance for four couples, consisting of five parts or movements, each complete in itself.
2. the music for such a dance.
[ 1730-40; cuadrilla company, troop, dim. of cuadra square quadra ]
quadrille 2
/kwo dril", kweuh-, keuh-/ , n.
a card game played by four persons.
[ 1720-30; cuartillo, dim. of cuarto FOURTH quartus ]
quadrille 3
/kwo dril", kweuh-, keuh-/ , adj.
ruled in squares, as graph paper.
[ 1880-85; quadrillé, ptp. of quadriller to rule in squares, deriv. of quadrille lozenge cuadrilla; see QUADRILLE 1 ]