[ 'tri:ə(ʊ)lɛt , 'trʌɪəlɛt ]
■ noun a poem of eight lines, typically of eight syllables each, rhyming abaaabab and so structured that the first line recurs as the fourth and seventh and the second as the eighth.
Origin
C17: from Fr.
[ 'tri:ə(ʊ)lɛt , 'trʌɪəlɛt ]
■ noun a poem of eight lines, typically of eight syllables each, rhyming abaaabab and so structured that the first line recurs as the fourth and seventh and the second as the eighth.
Origin
C17: from Fr.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004