country-dance

[kuhn-tree-dans, -dahns]

noun

1. a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.

country dance

noun

1. a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets and perform a series of movements, esp facing one another in a line

Other Word Forms

• country dancing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of country-dance¹

First recorded in 1570–80