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end-stopped
[ end-stopt ]
adjective
, Prosody.
- (of a line of verse) ending at the end of a syntactic unit that is usually followed by a pause in speaking and a punctuation mark in writing.
end-stopped
adjective
- (of verse) having a pause at the end of each line
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Word History and Origins
Origin of end-stopped1
First recorded in 1875–80
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