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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Virelay

· Vir·e·lay · IPA
01 n. An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain.
  1. 1.
    An ancient French song, or short poem, wholly in two rhymes, and composed in short lines, with a refrain.
    “Of such matter made he many lays, Songs, complains, roundels, virelayes.” — Chaucer.
    “To which a lady sung a virelay.” — Dryden.