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

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

The high spirits of the set found a vent in the grand chain, which was just beginning.

From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas

And in the grand chain he lifted me off my feet.

From Mrs. Day's Daughters by Mann, Mary E.

But you can so watch the grand chain of old volcanoes which are the rampart of Auvergne.

From First and Last by Belloc, Hilaire

They danced first a waltz, then a polka, then a quadrille with a grand chain which Captain Polyansky led through all the rooms, then a waltz again.

From The Party by Garnett, Constance