Ses*tet" (?), n. [It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus, fr. sex six.]
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.