Obs. [a. OF. cowe, coue, etc., var. of queue tail, QUEUE; cf. CUE sb.3] A ‘tail,’ tag, or additional short line after a couplet or at the end of a stanza of verse. (Cf. COUWEE.)
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. Wace (Rolls), 88. If it were made in ryme couwee,… Þat rede Inglis it ere inowe Þat couthe not haf coppled a kowe.
