short meter

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short meter

noun short metre

uncountable A hymn metre characterized by a quatrain of iambic lines, of which the first, second, and fourth are in trimeter, and the third in tetrameter.
Similar: short measure

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@misc{short_meter_2026,
  title = {short meter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/short%20meter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}