Definitions for: Virelay






Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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