[It. terzina a triplet.] A stanza or set of three lines; = TERCET.
1836. Pop. Encycl., II. 592/1. The terzina first reached its perfection in the time of Dante.
1893. Nation (N. Y.), 16 Feb., 129/1. Dante arranges his poem in stanzas of three lines each, and rarely overruns from terzina to terzina.
