ETYM Latin caesura a cutting off, a division, stop, from caedere, caesum, to cut off. Related to Concise.
1. A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line.
2. A pause or interruption (as in a conversation).
See cesura.
Natural breathing space in a line of verse.
Natural pause in verse-line. masculine caesura, one following stressed syllable of foot. feminine caesura, one occurring in unstressed part of line.
In poetry, a natural pause in a line of verse.