| 单词 | poulter's measure |
| 释义 | poulter's measure /pohl"teuhrz/, Pros. a metrical pattern using couplets having the first line in iambic hexameter, or 12 syllables, and the second in iambic heptameter, or 14 syllables. [1570-80; so called because poulters (see POULTERER) used to give extra eggs when counting by the dozen] |
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