ring dance

American  

noun

1. round dance.

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Etymology

Origin of ring dance

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

A ring dance with this line or something like it has spread around the world.

From BBC

The old French carole, a ring dance with song, may derive from the Greek choros, a circling dance associated with fertility rites and celebration.

From The Guardian

Others ally it with corolla, a garland, circle or coronet,1 the earliest sense of the word being apparently “a ring” or “circle,” “a ring dance.”

From Project Gutenberg

The idea underlying this "ring dance," as the title means literally, is the same one that recurs under a much more attractive aspect in "Countess Mizzie."

From Project Gutenberg

Many of these ring dances have their counterpart in English games, and the tunes and words sung to them are almost similar.

From Project Gutenberg