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

He recalled Firmstone's words, "I've told you a good deal, but not all by a good long measure."

From The Blue Goose by Frank Lewis Nason

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 George C. Comstock

Have I not now, years of long measure, In silence learned thy grace to treasure?

From Rampolli by George MacDonald

That psalms of tribulation be sung with a low voice and long measure; 2.

From The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers by George P. (George Putnam) Upton