grand chain

British  

noun

1. a figure in formation dances, such as the lancers and Scottish reels, in which couples split up and move around in a circle in opposite directions, passing all other dancers until reaching their original partners

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grand chain

But suppose the genera themselves are artificial, only links in a grand chain which Nature has forged slowly, patiently, with many a break and many a failure, in the course of ages?

From About Orchids A Chat by Boyle, Frederick

Isn't that better than a grand chain through a lot of shingle-shangled cottages in the suburbs?

From With the Procession by Fuller, Henry Blake

Again Polyansky led the grand chain through all the rooms, again after dancing they played "fate."

From The Party by Garnett, Constance

It represents a golden brown grandmother, with a coiffe and a ruffle and a grand chain round her neck, and a ring on her forefinger, and a double-winged house in the background.

From Old Kensington by Thackeray, Miss

Command to anoint Rameses, give him a grand chain and ten talents, but do not appoint him yet to command the corps in Memphis.

From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Glovatski, Alexander