chanson de geste

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chanson de geste - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chanson de geste \Chan`son" de geste"\ [F., prop., song of
     history.]
     Any Old French epic poem having for its subject events or
     exploits of early French history, real or legendary, and
     written originally in assonant verse of ten or twelve
     syllables. The most famous one is the Chanson de Roland.
  
           Langtoft had written in the ordinary measure of the
           later chansons de geste.                 --Saintsbury.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

chanson de geste - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  chanson de geste
      n 1: Old French epic poems