end-stopped

[ end-stopt ]

adjectiveProsody.
  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.

Origin of end-stopped

1
First recorded in 1875–80

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

    Six Lectures on Light | John Tyndall
  • This passage must form a snug porch in the winter when it is covered with slabs of frozen snow, and one end stopped up.

  • Obviously 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.

British Dictionary definitions for end-stopped

end-stopped

adjective
  1. (of verse) having a pause at the end of each line

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