The Collaborative International Dictionary
Country-dance
Country-dance \Coun"try-dance`\ (-d?ns`), n. [Prob. an adaptation of contradance.] See Contradance.
He had introduced the English country-dance to the
knowledge of the Dutch ladies.
--Macaulay.
Wiktionary
country-dance
n. A dance carried out in the countryside, or by country people; used as a generic name for many native British dances, especially where partners face each other in a long line.
WordNet
country-dance
n. a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line [syn: country dancing, contredanse, contra danse, contradance]
v. perform a contradance [syn: contradance, contredanse, contra danse]
Usage examples of "country-dance".
The cotillions were over, the country-dancing beginning, and she saw nothing of the Tilneys.