bouts-rimés

[ boo-ree-meyz, French boo-ree-mey ]

plural noun

, Prosody.

1. words or word endings forming a set of rhymes to be used in a given order in the writing of verses.
2. verses using such a set of rhymes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bouts-rimés¹

1705–15; < French, equivalent to bouts ends ( butt ² ) + rimés rhymed ( rhyme )