- quadrille⇄quadrille (1), noun.
1. a square dance for four couples that usually has five parts or movements.
2. the music for such a dance. - quadrille⇄quadrille (2), noun.
a card game for four persons, popular in the 1700's.
Ex. Improving hourly in her Skill, To cheat and wrangle at Quadrille (Jonathan Swift). - quadrille⇄quadrille (3), adjective.
marked with squares; having a pattern composed of small squares.
Ex. a quadrille fabric.