A traditional Scottish dance typically involving four or more dancers; esp. a type of lively country dance in simple duple or quadruple time…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > country-dance or dancing > [noun] > specific country-dances > Scottish (10) reela1585 A traditional Scottish dance typically involving four or more dancers; esp. a type of lively country dance in simple duple or quadruple time… Strathspey reel1747 a strathspey; = sense 2; (also) a piece of music to accompany this; = 3. Strathspey minuet1756 (apparently) a slower variant of the strathspey (sense 2). strathspey1776 A Scottish dance resembling a reel but performed more slowly, originally for two, and now typically for four dancers in a set. Strathspey dance1780 = sense 2. Petronella1828 A lively Scottish country dance in reel time; (also) the tune accompanying this dance. strip the willow1924 a Scottish country dance performed by couples in longways sets. sixteensome reel1926 A group of sixteen persons. Usually attributive in sixteensome reel, a Scottish dance performed in sets of sixteen persons. Also absol. Dashing White Sergeant1929 Dashing White Sergeant, a lively Scottish country dance performed in sets of three (devised by David Anderson of Dundee 1890 and set to Bishop's… Gay Gordons1947 (with the) (a) the Gordon Highlanders (see quot. 1925); (b) an old-time dance performed in couples (originally to a tune called ‘The Gordon… |
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