Măt’a-chĭn, n.

(măt/a-sheen) (Synop., § 130), n. [Sp. muttacchin, Fr. matassin, a buffoon, and a dance performed by grotesque figures; It. mattaccino, mimic, puppet, from mattaccio, a droll fellow, a madman, fr. matto, mad, extravagant.] An old dance with swords and bucklers.