*virelay*

n. [ F. virelai; virer to turn + lai a song, a lay. ] An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of such matter made he many lays,
Songs, complains, roundels, virelayes. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

To which a lady sung a virelay. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The virelay admitted only two rhymes, and, after employing one for some time, the poet was virer, or to turn, to the other.” Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]