a. Obs. [a. F. couée tailed.] In ‘ryme couwee,’ OF. rime couée, med.L. rithmus caudatus tailed rime, applied to a couplet or stanza with a tail, tag, or additional short line.
[13[?]. Ars Rithmicandi, in Relig. Antiq., I. 32. Rithmorum caudatorum alii sunt consoni alii dissoni … Primus modus est quando duæ distinctiones concordant simul, et additur cauda, et duæ aliæ simul, et additur cauda, et caudæ concordant.]
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron., Prol. 85. If it were made in ryme couwee, Or in strangere, or enterlace, Þat rede Inglis it ere Inowe, þat couthe not haf coppled a kowe, þat outhere in couwee, or in baston, Som suld haf ben fordon.
