quadrille1
/
kwɒˈdrɪl/
n.
a square dance performed typically by four couples and containing five figures, each of which is a complete dance in itself.
▸a piece of music for a quadrille.
Etymology
C18: from Fr., from Sp. cuadrilla or Ital. quadriglia ‘troop, company’.
quadrille2
/
kwɒˈdrɪl/
n.
a trick-taking card game for four players using a pack lacking eights, nines, and tens, fashionable in the 18th century.
Etymology
C18: from Fr., perh. from Sp. cuartillo (from cuarto ‘fourth’).
quadrille3
/
kwɒˈdrɪl/
n.
paper printed with a ruled grid of small squares.
Etymology
C19: from Fr. quadrillé, from quadrille ‘small square’.
