sextain


sextain

(ˈsɛksteɪn) n (Poetry) another word for sestina[C17: from obsolete French sestine sestina, but also influenced by obsolete sixain stanza of six lines]

sex•tain

(ˈsɛk steɪn)

n. 1. a stanza of six lines. 2. sestina. [1630–40;b. two obsolete French words: sixain six-line stanza and sestine sestina]