morris dance
English
editEtymology
editThought to be from Moorish + dance. The German Moriskentanz is a cognate.
Noun
editmorris dance (plural morris dances)
- A traditional English folk dance performed by a team of costumed dancers, often men but also men and women together or women only, who often wield sticks or handkerchiefs.
Verb
editmorris dance (third-person singular simple present morris dances, present participle morris dancing, simple past and past participle morris danced)
- (intransitive) To perform in such a dance.
Further reading
edit- morris dance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia