long measure

American  

noun

1. Also called long meter.  Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.

2. linear measure.

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long measure British  

noun

1. another name for linear measure

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Etymology

Origin of long measure

First recorded in 1710–20

Example Sentences

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long measure

Mr. Sivan is not the first gay pop star, by a long measure.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2018

Exercise 2.—Draw neatly a triangle with sides about 100 millimeters long, measure each of its angles and take their sum.

From A Text-Book of Astronomy by Comstock, George C.

I've told you a good deal, but not all, by a good long measure.

From The Blue Goose by Nason, Frank Lewis

Whenever his muse plunges into the long measure of heroic verse, she is drowned in no Heliconian stream.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

Sagene, sā′jēn, n. a Russian unit of long measure, of seven English feet.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various