ring dance

noun

1. round dance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ring dance¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

A ring-dance imitation-play, the metrical portion of which is not without a little melody.

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A much more barbaric performance than the stately and solemn movement of the ring dance, or kolo.

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The next two lines are then sung, and the two children in the ring dance round and kiss.

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The word coraula is still used to denote the ring-dance in Switzerland; also coreihi, to leap (choreare), Rochholz, p. 371.

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Roundel, rown′del, n. anything of a round form or figure: a circle: a ring-dance, a rondel.

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