longways

Definitions of longways
  1. adverb
    in the direction of the length
    synonyms: lengthways, lengthwise, longitudinally, longwise
  2. noun
    country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other
    synonyms: longways dance
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    types:
    Virginia reel, reel
    an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines
    type of:
    contra danse, contradance, contredanse, country dancing, country-dance
    a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
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