WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
long measure, 
    1. PoetryAlso called long meter. [Pros.]a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
    2. PoetrySee linear measure. 
    • 1710–20

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
long measure
  1. another name for linear measure
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