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

It was at its best, perhaps, as a nocturne pricked out by a swarm of electric torches, going and coming along the duck-boards in a grand chain of sparks and flashes.

From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)

They had already got to the grand chain.

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 suppose the genera themselves are artificial, only links in a grand chain which Nature has forged slowly, patiently, with many a break and many a failure, in the course of ages?

From About Orchids A Chat by Boyle, Frederick

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