Quadrille, a dance of French origin, introduced about 1808 into England. It consists of consecutive dance movements, generally five in number, danced by four or more couples, opposite to, or at right angles to, each other. See DANCING.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 516
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