[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quadrille \quadrille"\, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. the appropriate music for a quadrille.
      1913 webster
see also:
quadrate 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quadrill'e \qua`dril`l'e"\, a. f. art
   marked with squares, generally by thin lines crossing at
   right angles and at equal intervals; as, quadrill'e paper,
   or plotting paper.
   webster 1913 suppl.

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quadrille \quadrille"\, 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.
   1913 webster
see also:
quadrille 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

quadrille
     n 1: music for dancing the quadrille
     2: a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples

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