sestet Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
    sixer; Captain Hicks; hexad; sise; VI; six; sextet; half a dozen; 6; sextuplet.
  2. noun six performers or singers who perform together
    sextette; sextet.
  3. noun a set of six similar things considered as a unit
    sextette; sextet.
  4. noun a musical composition written for six performers
    sextette; sextet.
  5. noun a rhythmic group of six lines of verse

WordNet

Ses*tet" noun
Etymology
It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus, fr. sex six.
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor. Written also sestett, sestette.
  2. (Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet.

Webster 1913