From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishquadrillequa‧drille /kwəˈdrɪl $ kwɑː-/ noun [countable] APDa dance, popular especially in the 19th century, in which the dancers form a square
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quadrille• A party of enthusiasts danced a quadrille on a flat rock near the middle of the stream.• My biology lab notes are written on green-tint quadrille.Origin quadrille (1700-1800) French Spanish cuadrilla “group of soldiers”, from Italian quadriglia, from quadra “square”