Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See brandle.
  • noun A kind of dance; the generic name of all dances in which one or two dancers lead all the others, who repeat all that the first have done, as the grandpère and the cotillion. See brantle, brawl.

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  • noun A 16th century French dance

Etymologies

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From French branler ("to shake").

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