ring dance

noun

1. round dance.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ring dance¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

A ring dance with this line or something like it has spread around the world.

From BBC

The old French carole, a ring dance with song, may derive from the Greek choros, a circling dance associated with fertility rites and celebration.

From The Guardian

Others ally it with corolla, a garland, circle or coronet,1 the earliest sense of the word being apparently “a ring” or “circle,” “a ring dance.”

From Project Gutenberg

The idea underlying this "ring dance," as the title means literally, is the same one that recurs under a much more attractive aspect in "Countess Mizzie."

From Project Gutenberg

There is not space to describe more of these ring dances here, but there are many of them, and a great many which our English children would do well to adopt.

From Project Gutenberg