Fabliau

[fæbliәu]

Definition

(n.) One of the metrical tales of the Trouveres, or early poets of the north of France.

Checker: Prudence

Definition

n. one of a group of over a hundred metrical tales usually satirical in quality produced in France from about the middle of the 12th to the end of the 13th century:—pl. Fab′liaux.

Checker: Zelig