virelay
Syllabification: (vir·e·lay)
Pronunciation: /ˈvirəˌlā/
(also virelai)
Definition of virelay
noun
- a medieval French lyric poem of indefinite length composed of stanzas of long lines rhyming with each other and short lines rhyming with each other, the short lines of each stanza furnishing the rhyme for the long lines of the next, with the short lines of the last stanza taking their rhyme from the short lines of the first.
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French virelai