end-stopped

[end-stopt]

adjective

Prosody.

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.

end-stopped

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of end-stopped¹

First recorded in 1875–80