end-stopped
(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.
Origin of end-stopped
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How to use end-stopped in a sentence
I gave—er—Elisha's whirlagig here a spin and when the black end stopped 'twas p'intin' straight up.
Shavings | Joseph C. LincolnAny glass tube, with its end stopped water-tight, will produce this effect, which is both beautiful and instructive.
Six Lectures on Light | John TyndallThis passage must form a snug porch in the winter when it is covered with slabs of frozen snow, and one end stopped up.
Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea | John FranklinObviously one may find such clear phrase-pauses, without punctuation, as will justify the caption "end-stopped."
English Verse | Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.The rhythm of the meter is also varied by the alternating of end-stopped and run-on lines, as in the last quotation.
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I | Edmund Spenser
British Dictionary definitions for end-stopped
(of verse) having a pause at the end of each line
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