Definition of "farandole"

farandole

noun
plural farandoles
1. A lively chain dance in 6/8 time, of Provençal origin.
  Quotations
  "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
  1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company
  In another corner fragments of the town band tried hard to assemble a farandole, for this type of folklore seemed appropriate to a nationalist and patriotic celebration.
  1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance (The Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 953