| 释义 |
‖ settaine Obs. rare—1.
[a. F. septain, pronounced (sɛtɛ̃), f. sept seven: cf. quatrain.]
A stanza of seven lines.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie ii. x[i]. (Arb.) 101 The huitain or staffe of eight verses, hath eight proportions such as the former staffe, and because he is longer he hath one more then the settaine. |