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

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

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

It was at its best, perhaps, as a nocturne pricked out by a swarm of electric torches, going and coming along the duck-boards in a grand chain of sparks and flashes.

From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

"Git the straws, Luke!" urged Frank Hansard, as the "grand chain" brought him near Bradley.

From Westerfelt by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)

Of the few cotillon figures danced in New York society, the grand chain is the most popular and the simplest.

From The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men by Germain, Walter