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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Example Sentences

We see whole nations swept away from the surface of the globe, and others springing up to form the connecting link in the grand chain of nature.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

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

From The Party by Garnett, Constance

"And they say that the whole grand chain is fifteen hundred miles long," said Paul, "and that Lake Superior reaches a width of three hundred miles."

From The Border Watch A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

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

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