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Webster 1913 Edition

Sextain

Sex′tain

,

Noun.

[L.

sextus

sixth, fr.

sex

six: cf. It.

sestina

.]

(Pros.)

A stanza of six lines; a sestine.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sextain

SEX'TAIN

,

Noun.

[L. sextans, a sixth, from sex, six.] A stanza of six lines.

Definition 2024

sextain

sextain

English

Noun

sextain ‎(plural sextains)

(poetry) A stanza of six lines; a sestine.