QUADRILLE  , the name of a See also:

• GAME

game of See also:

• CARDS, PLAYING

cards and of a See also:

• DANCE
• DANCE (Fr. danse; of obscure origin, connected with Old High Ger. danson, to stretch)

dance . The game, played by four persons with a See also:

• PACK (apparently from the root pak-, paq-, seen in Lat. pangere, to fasten; cf. " compact ")
• PACK, OTTO VON (c. 1480-1537)

pack of See also:

• FORTY

forty cards, was a variation of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish game of See also:

• OMBRE

ombre (q.v.) and superseded it in popularity about 1725, to give way in turn to See also:

• WHIST

whist . The dance is of See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French origin and is usually danced by four couples in square . In the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century the contredanse was introduced into the See also:

• BALLET

ballet, and See also:

• GROUPS
• GROUPS, THEORY

groups of four, eight or twelve dancers dressed alike performed different figures; these were first called quadrilles See also:

• DES

des contredanses, later shortened to quadrilles . The dance became popular outside the ballet, and its figures, five in number, with a See also:

• FINALE (Ital. for " end ")

finale, See also:

• BORE

bore the names of the different contredanses, Le Pantalon, l'Ele, La Poule, La Trenitz, La Pastostrelle . The dance was introduced into See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1815 . The word in both its applications comes through Ital. quadriglio or Span. cuadrilla from See also:

• LAT

Lat. quadra, a square, four-sided figure (quattuor, four) .