Definition of "laisses" [laisses]

• Plural form of laisse. (noun)

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• "It consists of 4002 verses, written in langue d'oil, grouped in stanzas or "laisses" of irregular length, in the heroic pentameter, having the same assonant rhyme, and each ending with "aoi," a word no one has succeeded in translating satisfactorily."
• ""laisses," or stanzas, of irregular length, and contains about three thousand seven hundred and eight lines."
• "* Incredibly, a man and his daughter have seen the dogs sans laisses*:"