Definizione monolingua

quadrille

quadrille

1. first-person singular present indicative of quadriller
2. third-person singular present indicative of quadriller
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of quadriller
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of quadriller
5. second-person singular imperative of quadriller

quadrille (plural quadrilles)

1. A dance originating from the mid 1700s with four dancers forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the dUrbervilles^[1], part 2:

     The movements of the other women were more or less similar to Tesss, the whole bevy of them drawing together like dancers in a quadrille at the completion of a sheaf by each, every one placing her sheaf on end against those of the rest, till a shock, or stitch as it was here called, of ten or a dozen was formed.

2. A card game from the 1700s.
   • 1812, Jane Austen, chapter 17, Pride and Prejudice^[2]:

     It now first struck her that she was selected from among her sisters as worthy of being the mistress of Hunsford Parsonage, and of assisting to form a quadrille table at Rosings, in the absence of more eligible visitors.

Definizione dizionario quadrille

quadriglia

Altri significati:

Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.

A card game from the 1700s.

A dance originating from the mid 1700s with four dancers forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.