round dance

noun

a dance performed by couples and characterized by circular or revolving movement, as the waltz.
a dance in which the dancers are arranged in or move about in a circle or ring.

round dance

First recorded in 1675–85

He would like to have drawn a round dance, a drunken old man, the rapid passage of a troka.

Then at a signal began a round dance, such as I had never seen before,—the Hnen-odori, as anciently performed in Kizuki.

The dance p. 101which Mr. Casals—himself a Catalan—described to me, is a round dance of some complexity.

The principal round dance was a three step waltz without the reverse.

She had her arms round Dance's neck in a moment, and her bright young head was pressed against the old servant's faithful breast.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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