Definition of "quadrille" in Englisch

noun

1. (dance) A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four couples forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.

2. (music) The music for this dance.

3. (card games) A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s played with a 40-card deck.

4. A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.

verb

1. (intransitive) To dance the quadrille.

adjective

1. (of paper) Marked with squares.

noun

1. Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.

noun

1. (mathematics) A square tiling of the plane.