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

Word History and Origins

Origin of end-stopped¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

I gave—er—Elisha's whirlagig here a spin and when the black end stopped 'twas p'intin' straight up.

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Any glass tube, with its end stopped water-tight, will produce this effect, which is both beautiful and instructive.

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This passage must form a snug porch in the winter when it is covered with slabs of frozen snow, and one end stopped up.

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Obviously one may find such clear phrase-pauses, without punctuation, as will justify the caption "end-stopped."

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The rhythm of the meter is also varied by the alternating of end-stopped and run-on lines, as in the last quotation.

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