quadrilles in English
noun
1
a square dance performed typically by four couples and containing five figures, each of which is a complete dance in itself.
Working with the steps of formal quadrilles and folk dances, St Lucians developed different kinds of dances.
2
a trick-taking card game for four players using a deck of forty cards (i.e., one lacking eights, nines, and tens), fashionable in the 18th century.
3
a ruled grid of small squares, especially on paper.
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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