‖ quadrillé, a. (and n.)
(kadrije)
Also quadrille.
[F.; f. quadrille a small square, ad. Sp. cuadrillo quadrel.]
= next. Also ellipt. as n.
| 1884 Cassell's Fam. Mag. Apr. 313/1 The new lace is called ‘quadrillé’. It has large square meshes [etc.]. 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 38/3 Red leather vest pocket memorandum... 40 leaves..quadrille ruling. 1907 Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 354/2 Manuscript and Account Books. Ruled either with Feint lines, Cash Column, or Quadrille. 1926 Paper Terminol. (Spalding & Hodge, Ltd.) ii. 22 Quadrille, paper ruled on the surface or in watermark with a multitude of small squares. Used by draughtsmen, diary makers, and for foreign correspondence. 1960 R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Continental Pott. & Porc. 375/1 Quadrillé, a diapered ground pattern with quatrefoils and squares much favoured at Chantilly, painted in blue third quarter of the eighteenth century. 1969 R. Mayer Dict. Art Terms & Techniques 320/1 Quadrille paper, paper faintly ruled with small squares. Also, paper so patterned with a water⁓mark or a plate finish. 1978 E & A Office Equipment Catal. 122/1 Memo Pads... Quadrille 5 mm. |