The story
As used in The Monk's Tale, one of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: An eight-line stanza with the rhyme scheme ABABBCBC. Full definition →
As used in The Monk's Tale, one of the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.