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virelay
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Virelay
Virelay \Vir"e*lay\, n. [F. virelai; virer to turn + lai a song, a lay.] 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.
Wiktionary
virelay
n. (alternative spelling of virelai English)
Usage examples of "virelay".
And many a hymne for your holydays, That highte ballads, roundels, virelays.