country-dance

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

country-dance
    n 1: a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets
         or face one another in a line [syn: {country-dance},
         {country dancing}, {contredanse}, {contra danse},
         {contradance}]
    v 1: perform a contradance [syn: {contradance}, {country-dance},
         {contredanse}, {contra danse}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Country-dance \Coun"try-dance`\ (-d?ns`), n. [Prob. an
   adaptation of contradance.]
   See {Contradance}.
   [1913 Webster]

         He had introduced the English country-dance to the
         knowledge of the Dutch ladies.           --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]

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