cheville

[shuh-vee]

che·ville

[shuh-vee]
noun Prosody.
a word or expression whose only function is to fill a metrical gap in a verse or to balance a sentence. Compare expletive (def. 2).

Origin:
1880–85; < French: plug, peg < Latin clāvicula tendril. See clavicle
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