Cheville (noun)
cheville [shuh-vee]

noun Prosody.
1. a word or expression whose only function is to fill a metrical gap in a verse or to balance a sentence.

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Origin: 1880–85; < French: plug, peg < Latin clāvicula tendril. See clavicle

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