DCHP-1 Online
dancing ground 
a well-worn patch of elevated prairie where prairie chickens habitually congregate for their mating ritual or dance.
See also: dance hall (def. 3)
- 1958 Good dancing grounds are often almost bare of grass. . . . Finding a dancing ground in good sharptail country is not difficult, and the experience of watching a dance . . . will more than repay the observer for very early rising.
- 1958 Good dancing grounds are often almost bare of grass. . . . Finding a dancing ground in good sharptail country is not difficult, and the experience of watching a dance . . . will more than repay the observer for very early rising.