Qua`dril`lé" (?), a. [F.]
(Art) Marked with squares, generally by thin lines
crossing at right angles and at equal intervals; as,
quadrillé paper, or plotting paper.
Qua*drille" (?), n. [F.
quadrille, n. fem., fr. Sp. cuadrilla meeting of four or
more persons or It. quadriglia a band of soldiers, a sort of
dance; dim. fr. L. quadra a square, fr. quattuor four.
See Quadrate.] 1. A dance having five
figures, in common time, four couples of dancers being in each
set.
2. The appropriate music for a
quadrille.
Qua*drille", n. [F. quadrille, n.
masc., cf. It. quadriglio; or perhaps from the Spanish. See
Quadrille a dance.] A game played by four persons with
forty cards, being the remainder of an ordinary pack after the tens,
nines, and eights are discarded. Hoyle.
Qua`dril`lé" (?), a. [F.]
(Art) Marked with squares, generally by thin lines
crossing at right angles and at equal intervals; as,
quadrillé paper, or plotting paper.