country-dance

[ kuhn-tree-dans, -dahns ]

/ ˈkʌn triˌdæns, -ˌdɑns /

noun

a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.

Origin of country-dance

First recorded in 1570–80

Words nearby country-dance

country blues, country-bred, country club, country code, country cousin, country-dance, country fever, countryfied, countryfolk, country-fried, country fries

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Example sentences from the Web for country-dance

You are thrown on your back immediately; the conversation is stopt like a country-dance by those who do not know the figure.
Conversation|Mary Greer Conklin
The country-dance called the ‘Triumph, or Follow my Lover,’ was the figure with which they opened.
Under the Greenwood Tree|Thomas Hardy
The Miss Darnels and their partners took their places near the top of the country-dance.
Pencil Sketches|Eliza Leslie
Everybody laughed, and we took our places to lead off the country-dance.
The Chaplain of the Fleet|Walter Besant and James Rice

The choosing of husbands and wives went on as merrily as the choosing of partners for a country-dance.
The Doctor's Red Lamp|Various

British Dictionary definitions for country-dance

country dance

noun

a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets and perform a series of movements, esp facing one another in a line

Derived forms of country dance

country dancing, noun

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单词	country-dance
释义	country-dance [ kuhn-tree-dans, -dahns ] / ˈkʌn triˌdæns, -ˌdɑns / noun a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows. Origin of country-dance First recorded in 1570–80 Words nearby country-dance country blues, country-bred, country club, country code, country cousin, country-dance, country fever, countryfied, countryfolk, country-fried, country fries Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for country-dance You are thrown on your back immediately; the conversation is stopt like a country-dance by those who do not know the figure. Conversation\|Mary Greer Conklin The country-dance called the ‘Triumph, or Follow my Lover,’ was the figure with which they opened. Under the Greenwood Tree\|Thomas Hardy The Miss Darnels and their partners took their places near the top of the country-dance. Pencil Sketches\|Eliza Leslie Everybody laughed, and we took our places to lead off the country-dance. The Chaplain of the Fleet\|Walter Besant and James Rice The choosing of husbands and wives went on as merrily as the choosing of partners for a country-dance. The Doctor's Red Lamp\|Various British Dictionary definitions for country-dance country dance noun a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets and perform a series of movements, esp facing one another in a line Derived forms of country dance country dancing, noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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