QUADRILLE


Meaning of QUADRILLE in English

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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .