end-stopped


end–stopped

adj \ˈen(d)-ˌstäpt\

Definition of END-STOPPED

: marked by a logical or rhetorical pause at the end <an end–stopped line of verse> — compare run-on

First Known Use of END-STOPPED

1877

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