Thesaurus: virelay

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1. n. An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain.
2. An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain. Of such matter made he many lays, Songs, complains, roundels, virelayes. Chaucer. To which a lady sung a virelay. Dryden. Note: "The virelay admitted only two rhymes, and, after employing one for some time, the poet was virer, or to turn, to the other." Nares.
3. An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes,and composed in short lines, with a refrain.Of such matter made he many lays, Songs, complains, roundels,virelayes. Chaucer.To which a lady sung a virelay. Dryden.
4. n. An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain.