Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Farandole
Fa′ran′dole′, n. [F. farandole, Pr. farandoulo.] A rapid dance in six-eight time in which a large number join hands and dance in various figures, sometimes moving from room to room. It originated in Provence.
I have pictured them dancing a sort of farandole. W. D. Howells.