Obs. [f. CATER sb.2 four + BRAWL sb.3 a dance.] A kind of dance; a particular kind of ‘brawl.’
1565–6. Reg. Stationers’ Co., Thomas Colwell for his lycense for prynting of a ballett intituled the Cater bralles, bothe wytty and mery.
1581. J. Bell, Haddon’s Answ. Osor., 303 b. You may pype uppe this kynde of caterbrawle.
1584. Handf. Pleasant Delights (title), Historie of Diana and Acteon, to the Quarter Braules.
1611. J. Davies (Heref.), Pref. Verses, in Coryat’s Crudities. And lookes as if he danc’d a Caterbrall. Ibid. (a. 1618), Extasie, Wks. (1876), 94. And foote fine horne-pipes, jigges, and caterbralls.
