bouts-rimes Meaning, Definition & Usage

Bouts`-ri*més" noun plural (Also<
  • Bouts-rimes
  • Bouts-rimés
)
Etymology
F. bout end + rimé rhymed.
Definitions
  1. Words that rhyme, proposed as the ends of verses, to be filled out by the ingenuity of the person to whom they are offered.

Webster 1913