SEXTAIN


Meaning of SEXTAIN in English

/sek"stayn/ , n. Pros.

1. a stanza of six lines.

2. sestina.

[ 1630-40; b. two obs. F words: sixain six-line stanza and sestine SESTINA ]

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