poulter's measure


poul·ter's measure

(pōl′tərz)n. A metrical pattern employing couplets in which the first line is in iambic hexameter and the second is in iambic heptameter.
[From obsolete poulter, a poultry dealer (from the practice of giving a few extra eggs in the dozen), from Middle English pulter, from Old French pouletier; see poultry.]