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Definition of Cotillion
1. Noun. A ball at which young ladies are presented to society.
2. Noun. A lively dance originating in France in the 18th century.
Definition of Cotillion
1. Noun. A bold dance performed in groups of eight where ladies lift their skirts to display their ankles ¹
2. Noun. The music regulating the cotillion. ¹
3. Noun. A coming of age party meant to present girls newly transitioned into womanhood to the community for courtship ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cotillion
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotillion
Literary usage of Cotillion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dick's Games of Patience: Or, Solitaire with Cards by William Brisbane Dick (1884)
"... THE ROYAL cotillion, TWO ENTIRE PACKS OF CARDS. RULES. I. ONLY cards in the
lowest row of the left-hand group are available, until a card in any other ..."
2. List of Subject Headings for Use in Dictionary Catalogs by American Library Association, Mary Josephine Briggs (1914)
"... Physical geography Germ theory of disease See also Bacteriology German (dance)
see cotillion German-American literature Set also Germans in the US ..."
3. Correct Social Usage: A Course of Instruction in Good Form, Style and Deportment by George Rippey Stewart (1906)
"The proper inscriptions for ball cards, when written or engraved, and when inviting
attendance at a cotillion, debut ball, costume ball, subscription ball, ..."
4. In College Days: Recent Varsity Verse by Joseph Le Roy Harrison (1901)
"TTH THE cotillion It was just for a moment I met him In the German's inconsequent
maze, But 't will take me, I think, to forget him, A number of overworked ..."
5. The Court of Alexander III: Letters of Mrs. Lothrop, Wife of the Late by Mrs Almira Strong Lothrop (1910)
""After the mazurka, the dances ended with a cotillion, after which the young
people, in their turn, went to supper; after supper the dancing was renewed ..."
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