Sir Roger de Coverley

American  

noun

1. an English country dance performed by two rows of dancers facing each other.

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Sir Roger de Coverley British  

noun

1. an English country dance performed to a traditional tune by two rows of dancers facing each other

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Etymology

Origin of Sir Roger de Coverley

First recorded in 1680–90; earlier Roger of Coverly, apparently a fictional name

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Sir Roger de Coverley

There were English Christmases at Sandringham, where the whole family gathered to sing carols, play charades, Dumb Crambo, Animal Grab and Consequences, and dance the Sir Roger de Coverley.

From Time Magazine Archive

Picture to yourselves two hundred blue and golden marionettes jigging to Sir Roger de Coverley or bobbing to Come Lasses and Lads.

From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton

Among the many memorial gifts of the Silver Wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales was one which would have delighted Sir Roger de Coverley or the Squire of Bracebridge Hall.

From Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 by VII, Edward

The merry-making consists mainly in the performance, beneath some noble trees, of the old country-dance of Sir Roger de Coverley, by a party of rustics.

From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various

"It is really Sir Roger de Coverley, an English dance," said Lady Kay to the Russian princess, who was looking on from the chair next her own.

From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore