[syn: contradance, country-dance, contredanse, contra danse]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Country-dance \Coun"try-dance`\ (-d?ns`), n. [Prob. an
adaptation of contradance.]
See Contradance.
[1913 Webster]
He had introduced the English country-dance to the
knowledge of the Dutch ladies. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
country-dance
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]