Specifically accentuation which falls on syllables separated by a varying number of unstressed syllables, characteristic of certain poetic traditions, as Old English alliterative verse.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in PMLA.
Definition of strong stress in US English:
strong stress
noun
Prosody
Specifically accentuation which falls on syllables separated by a varying number of unstressed syllables, characteristic of certain poetic traditions, as Old English alliterative verse.