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† ˈcaterbrawl Obs.
[f. cater n.2 four + brawl n.3 a dance.]
A kind of dance; a particular kind of ‘brawl’.
1565–6Reg. Stationers' Co., Thomas Colwell for his lycense for prynting of a ballett intituled the Cater bralles, bothe wytty and mery. 1581J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 303 b, You may pype uppe this kynde of caterbrawle. 1584Handf. Pleasant Delights (title), Historie of Diana and Acteon, to the Quarter Braules. 1611J. Davies Pref. Verses in Coryat's Crudities, And lookes as if he danced a Caterbrall. a1618― Extasie Wks. (1876) 94 And foote fine horne-pipes, jigges, and caterbralls. |