enjambment

(en jam′mənt)

noun

Prosody the use of a run-on line of verse

Origin: Fr enjambement < enjamber, to encroach < en- (see en-) + jambe, leg: see jamb

See enjambment in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or en·jambe·ment

noun

The continuation of a syntactic unit from one line or couplet of a poem to the next with no pause.

Origin:

Origin: French enjambement

Origin: , from Old French enjamber, to straddle

Origin: : en-, causative pref.; see en-¹

Origin: + jambe, leg; see jamb

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