Main Entry: tri·o·let

Pronunciation: \ˈtrē-ə-lət, ˈtrī-\

Function: noun

Etymology: French, from Middle French, literally, clover leaf, clover, ultimately from Greek triphyllon, from tri- tri- + phyllon leaf — more at blade

Date: 1651

: a poem or stanza of eight lines in which the first line is repeated as the fourth and seventh and the second line as the eighth with a rhyme scheme of ABaAabAB