sixaine

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

French sixaine.

Noun

sixaine (plural sixaines)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of sextain.
    • 1888, Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night:
      The lady seems to have made the first advances and Bin Abú Hájilah quotes a sixaine in which she amorously addresses her spouse.
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