Definition of: virelay

(vir′ə·lā) noun
A form of old French verse, arranged in any of various arbitrary orders; especially, a verse form having only two rimes throughout; also, a form in which each stanza has two rimes, one repeated from the preceding stanza and a new one that will be repeated in the next. Also French vire·lai (vēr·le′). [<OF virelai, prob. alter. of vireli, virli a refrain of old dance songs]