Dictionary entry

Sestet

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ses‐tet″ (?), n. [It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus, fr. sex six.] 1. (Mus.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; — called also sestuor. [Written also sestett, sestette.]

2. (Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet.