A metre with alternate lines of 12 and 14 syllables, because it was said that poulters gave 12 eggs for the first dozen and 14 if you bought a second dozen
poulter
Türkische aussprache
pōltır
Aussprache
/ˈpōltər/ /ˈpoʊltɜr/
Etymologie
() Middle English Old French, from poulet (“fowl”)