'Quadrille' definitions:

Definition of 'quadrille'

From: WordNet
noun
Music for dancing the quadrille
noun
A square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples

Definition of 'Quadrille'

From: GCIDE
  • Quadrille \Qua*drille"\, n. [F. quadrille, n. fem., fr. Sp. cuadrilla meeting of four or more persons or It. quadriglia a band of soldiers, a sort of dance; dim. fr. L. quadra a square, fr. quattuor four. See Quadrate.]
  • 1. A dance having five figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each set. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The appropriate music for a quadrille. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Quadrille'

From: GCIDE
  • Quadrille \Qua*drille"\, n. [F. quadrille, n. masc., cf. It. quadriglio; or perhaps from the Spanish. See Quadrille a dance.] A game played by four persons with forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens, nines, and eights are discarded. --Hoyle. [1913 Webster]