'L'envoi' definitions:

Definition of 'L'envoi'

From: GCIDE
  • L'envoi \L'en`voi"\, or L'envoy \L'en`voy"\ (l[aum]n`vw[aum]"), n. [F. le the + envoi a sending. See Envoy.]
  • 1. One or more detached verses at the end of a literary composition, serving to convey the moral, or to address the poem to a particular person; -- orig. employed in old French poetry. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A conclusion; a result. --Massinger. [1913 Webster]