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Noun: fabliau (fabliaux)  'fa-blee,ow
  1. A short, usually bawdy or satirical verse tale of the 12th to 14th centuries, typically by French jongleurs
    "Chaucer's Miller's Tale is similar in style to a fabliau"

Derived forms: fabliaux

Encyclopedia: Fabliau