[syn: sextet, sextette, sestet]
5. a rhythmic group of six lines of verse;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Sestet \Ses*tet"\, n. [It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus,
fr. sex six.]
1. (Mus.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six
instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor. [Written
also sestett, sestette.]
[1913 Webster]
2. (Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
sestet
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one [syn:
six, 6, VI, sixer, sise, Captain Hicks, half a
dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad]
2: six performers or singers who perform together [syn:
sextet, sextette, sestet]
3: a set of six similar things considered as a unit [syn:
sextet, sextette, sestet]
4: a musical composition written for six performers [syn:
sextet, sextette, sestet]
5: a rhythmic group of six lines of verse