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Definition of Cotillon
1. n. A brisk dance, performed by eight persons; a quadrille.
Definition of Cotillon
1. a ballroom dance [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cotillon
Literary usage of Cotillon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Art of Dancing, Historically Illustrated: To which is Added a Few Hints by Edward Ferrero (1859)
"THE cotillon. THIS dance, which is composed of an endless variety of ... In order
to form a cotillon, all should be seated with their partners around the ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... cotillon (n-ltl-yoa) means properly the " under-petticoat.1' The word was
applied to a brisk dance by eight persons, in which the ladies held up their ..."
3. Paris of To-day by Richard Kaufmann (1891)
"THE "cotillon" KING. It is demanded of a good romance that it should carry us
back to times more harmonious than our own, and this is just what Parisians ..."
4. Sketches from Nature: Taken, and Coloured, in a Journey to Margate by George Keate (1790)
"... of the cotillon now teach. As dancing is an a«ft of hilarity, I think in
general, that we appear to make too ..."
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