ENJAMBMENT


Meaning of ENJAMBMENT in English

— enjambed , adj.

/en jam"meuhnt, -jamb"-/ , n. , pl. enjambments /-meuhnts/ . Pros.

the running on of the thought from one line, couplet, or stanza to the next without a syntactical break.

[ 1830-40; enjambement, equiv. to enjamb ( er ) to stride over, project, encroach ( en- EN- 1 + -jamber, deriv. of jambe leg; see JAMB 1 ) + -ment -MENT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .