POULTER'S MEASURE


Meaning of POULTER'S MEASURE in English

noun Etymology: obsolete poulter poulterer, from Middle English pulter; from the former practice of occasionally giving one or two extra when counting eggs by dozens Date: 1576 a meter in which lines of 12 and 14 syllables alternate

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