cotillions in English
noun
1
an 18th-century French dance based on the contredanse.
She brushed off his request to dance the second cotillion with him, using the graceful, courteous snubbery he had spent so long teaching her.
2
a formal ball, especially one at which debutantes are presented.
The Knights' social functions - formal dinners, balls, and cotillions - also reflected members' aspirations toward middle-class refinement.
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1. Other articles where Contredanse anglaise is discussed: Western dance: English social dance: …dancers facing one another, became Contredanses anglaises; the rounds became the Contredanses françaises, which were also known as cotillions and quadrilles