an Italian stanza of eight 11-syllable lines, with the rhyme scheme abababcc, introduced by Sir Thomas Wyatt and by W. B. Yeats in 'Among School Children' and 'Sailing to Byzantium,' and adapted by Lord Byron as ten-syllable lines in his Don Juan and Beppo. Found on http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/terminology.cfm#acatalectic
(of notes in a score) at an octave higher than written (when placed above the staff&hasp;) or lower than written (when placed below the staff&hasp;). Abbr.: 8va Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/ottava