short meter

English

Alternative forms

  • short metre

Noun

short meter (uncountable)

  1. (hymnody) A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of iambic lines, of which the first, second, and fourth are in trimeter, and the third in tetrameter.

Synonyms

  • short measure

See also

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