[syn: contradance, country-dance, contredanse, contra danse]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Contradance \Con"tra*dance`\, n. [Pref. contra- + dance: cf. F.
contrdance. Cf. Country-dance.]
A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or
in opposite lines.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
contradance
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]