country-dance
[ kuhn-tree-dans, -dahns ]
/ ˈkʌn triˌdæns, -ˌdɑns /
noun
a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.
Origin of country-dance
First recorded in 1570–80
Words nearby country-dance
country seat,
country singer,
country store,
country-and-western,
country-bred,
country-dance,
country-fried,
countryfied,
countryfolk,
countryman,
countrypeople
British Dictionary definitions for country dance
country dance
noun
a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets and perform a series of movements, esp facing one another in a line