cotillon

American  

[kuh-til-yuhn, koh-, kaw-tee-yawn] / kəˈtɪl yən, koʊ-, kɔ tiˈyɔ̃ /

noun

plural

cotillons

1. cotillion.

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Example Sentences

I seemed to see everybody settling for the cotillon—the stairs too, where we all used to sit waiting for the cotillon to begin.

From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King

They were not the flowers Mr. Varick had sent; they were a bunch bestowed by Courtlandt himself at a little informal dance of the previous evening, where the cotillon had had one pretty floral figure.

From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar

Do you recall a time in Washington, the night of Secretary D——'s dinner, from which I carried Eglah to a cotillon?

From A Speckled Bird by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans

After Skiddaw, we walked to Treby the oldest market town in Cumberland—where we were greatly amused by a country dancing-school holden at the Tun, it was indeed “no new cotillon fresh from France.”

From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by Keats, John

The supper is always before the cotillon which of course prolongs the festivity.

From Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 by Waddington, Mary Alsop King