POULTER'S MEASURE


Meaning of POULTER'S MEASURE in English

[poul.ter's measure] n [obs. poulter poulterer, fr. ME pulter; fr. the former practice of occas. giving one or two extra when counting eggs by dozens] (1576): a meter in which lines of 12 and 14 syllables alternate

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