grand chain

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noun

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

They were links in a grand chain of commercial connection.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 by Various

Command to anoint Ramses, 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 Curtin, Jeremiah

The geological history of this grand chain appears to me eminently interesting.

From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles

They had already got to the grand chain.

From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas

These were not unimportant, for he reached the grand chain of the rock-girt Aleutian Islands, and others nearer the mainland of America.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 by Whymper, Frederick

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