POULTER'S MEASURE


Meaning of POULTER'S MEASURE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpōl-tərz- ]

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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