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Definition of Eightsome
1. Noun. Eight people considered as a unit.
2. Noun. A Scottish reel for eight dancers.
Definition of Eightsome
1. Noun. A group of eight persons or things, one more than a sevensome and one less than a ninesome ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eightsome
Literary usage of Eightsome
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1870)
"Reels, "foursome reels," and " eightsome reels," are the staple dances. To face
your partner, and dance your " steps" at will, keeping time to the music, ..."
2. The Journal of Jurisprudence and Scottish Law Magazine (1889)
"But I don't dance the eightsome reel." " Oh, nonsense; everybody dances the
eightsome reel. Come, I'll put you through it. I would not miss it for the world ..."
3. The Poems of William Dunbar by William Dunbar, Aeneas James George Mackay, George Powell McNeill (1893)
"... common phrase applied to two in company; " a foursome or eightsome reel."
A " foursome " is a golf term, where there are four players, two on each side. ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1843)
"The Saxons were a superior race, and when the eightsome-reel of the heptarchy
became the pas-seul of the kingdom of England, we doubt not that Watling ..."
5. The Games & Diversions of Argyleshire by Robert Craig Maclagan (1901)
"This continues till all the company are on the floor, when they form themselves
up and finish with a foursome or eightsome reel, according to their fancy or ..."
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