n. 维拉内拉诗( 16 世纪法国的一种19 行诗)

Villanella \Vil`la*nel"la\, n.; pl. {Villanelle}. [It., a pretty
country girl.] (Mus.)
An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing.


Villanelle \Vil`la*nelle"\, n. [F.]
A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and
third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third
verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the
close. --E. W. Gosse.