Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Reel \Reel\ (r?l), n. [Gael. righil.]
   A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the
   music to the dance; -- often called {Scotch reel}.

   {Virginia reel}, the common name throughout the United States
      for the old English ``country dance,'' or contradance
      (contredanse). --Bartlett.