Hypertext Webster Gateway: "couplet"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Couplet \Coup"let\ (-l?t), n. [F. couplet, dim. of couple. See
{Couple}, n. ]
Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of
verse that rhyme with each other.
A sudden couplet rushes on your mind. --Crabbe.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
couplet
n 1: two items of the same kind [syn: {couple}, {doubleton}, {pair},
{twosome}, {twain}, {brace}, {span}, {yoke}, {distich},
{duo}, {duet}, {dyad}, {duad}]
2: a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse;
usually rhymed
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