ˈring-dance
[f. ring n.1 Cf. Du. ringdans (Kilian ringh-), MLG. ringhedans, G. ringtanz, Da. -dands, Sw. -dans, Icel. hringdanz. In mod. use also readopted from G. or Scand.]
A round dance.
| 1600 J. Dymmok Ireland (1843) 35 They conveyinge themselues after a while in a ringe daunce into a wood. 1647 Trapp Comm. Rev. xxi. 8 These lead the ring-dance of this rout of reprobates. |
| 1862 H. Marryat Year in Sweden II. 266 A ring-dance, performed in every farmhouse at Christmas-time. 1903 Folk-Lore Sept. 265 Women in a ritual ring-dance. 1910 [see polska]. 1933 E. K. Chambers Eng. Folk-Play 202 There is a general resemblance between Sword Dances proper and..Ring, Hoop, or Garland Dances. 1946 R. Blesh Shining Trumpets v. 98 He had the work-songs, the spiritual, the ring-dance. 1960 Auden Homage to Clio 28 Rustics in a ring-dance pantomime. |