morris dance

Thought to be from Moorish + dance. The German Moriskentanz is cognate.

morris dance (plural morris dances)

1. 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. Sometimes referred to simply as 'the morris' (e.g. 'to dance the morris').

• Morisco (obsolete), morris

morris dance (third-person singular simple present morris dances, present participle morris dancing, simple past and past participle morris danced)

1. To perform in such a dance