English Explanatory Dictionary

riding rhyme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. iambic pentameter

Word forms

riding rhyme riding rhymes

Etymology

Possibly in reference to the pilgrims riding to Canterbury in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, which uses this meter.

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