'Virginia reel' definitions:
Definition of 'Virginia reel'
(from WordNet)
noun
An American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines [syn: Virginia reel, reel]
Definition of 'Virginia reel'
From: GCIDE
- Reel \Reel\ (r[=e]l), n. [Gael. righil.] A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel. [1913 Webster]
- Virginia reel, the common name throughout the United States for the old English "country dance," or contradance (contredanse). --Bartlett. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Virginia reel'
From: GCIDE
- Virginia \Vir*gin"i*a\, n. One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia. [1913 Webster]
- Virginia cowslip (Bot.), the American lungwort ({Mertensia Virginica}).
- Virginia creeper (Bot.), a common ornamental North American woody vine (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), climbing extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also woodbine, and American ivy. [U. S.]
- Virginia fence. See Worm fence, under Fence.
- Virginia nightingale (Zool.), the cardinal bird. See under Cardinal.
- Virginia quail (Zool.), the bobwhite.
- Virginia reel, an old English contradance; -- so called in the United States. --Bartlett.
- Virginia stock. (Bot.) See Mahon stock. [1913 Webster]