country-dance Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
    country dancing; contredanse; contradance; contra danse.
  2. verb perform a contradance
    contredanse; contra danse; contradance.

WordNet

Coun"try-dance` noun
Etymology
Prob. an adaptation of contradance.
Definitions
  1. See Contradance.
    He had introduced the English country-dance to the knowledge of the Dutch ladies. Macualay.

Webster 1913