fabliau

< /ˈfæb liˌoʊz; French fa bliˈoʊ/.

1. a short metrical tale, usually ribald and humorous, popular in medieval France.

noun plural fabliaux (ˈfæblɪˌəʊz, French fɑblijo)

1. a comic usually ribald verse tale, of a kind popular in France in the 12th and 13th centuries