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end-stopped

[ end-stopt ]

adjective

, Prosody.
  1. (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

  1. (of verse) having a pause at the end of each line
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of end-stopped1

First recorded in 1875–80

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