cinquainn.
/sɪŋˈkeɪn/ rare.
A collection or company of five.
a. Military. (See quot. 1711) Obsolete.
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1711 Mil. & Sea Dict. (ed. 4) Cinquain, an ancient Order of Battle, to draw up 5 Battalions, so that they may make three Lines, a Van, Main Body, and Body of Reserve.
b. A stanza of five lines.
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1882 J. Payne 1001 Nights II. 205 One of Sher Kan's boon-companions..reciting the following cinquains.
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