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cheville
[ 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.
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He employed no poetical cheville for the metre of a verse which his own feelings inspired.
From Project Gutenberg
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