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Meaning of QUATRAIN

Pronunciation:  'kwâtreyn

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a stanza of four lines
 
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 See Also: elegiac stanza, heroic stanza, stanza

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Quat"rain\, n. [F., fr. quatre four, L. quattuor,
quatuor. See {Four}.] (Pros.)
A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately. --Dryden.
 
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