sextain
[ sek-steyn ]
/ ˈsɛk steɪn /
noun Prosody.
a stanza of six lines.
Origin of sextain
Words nearby sextain
sexpartite,
sexpert,
sexploitation,
sexpot,
sext,
sextain,
sextan,
sextans,
sextant,
sextern,
sextet
Example sentences from the Web for sextain
Some other sub-varieties of the sextain have rhyming final words in each stanza.
A History of English Versification |Jakob SchipperBesides this original form of the sextain several other varieties are met with in English poetry.
A History of English Versification |Jakob Schipper
British Dictionary definitions for sextain
Word Origin for sextain
C17: from obsolete French
sestine
sestina, but also influenced by obsolete
sixain stanza of six lines