virelai

noun /ˈvɪɹəleɪ/

1. A medieval poetic form consisting of two or more three line units in each stanza, with the rhyme scheme AABAAB.

   historical

   Bransles, Ballads, virelayes, and verses vaine [...].

   Now making layes of loue and louers paine,

Where it comes from

From Old French virelai, alteration (after lai) of vireli.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry virelai (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← viramavirga →

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