trimeter UK /ˈtɹɪmɪtə(ɹ)/US /ˈtɹɪmɪtəɹ/ noun2 •A line in a poem having three metrical feet. •a poetic metre in which each line has three feet.All the rest of Aeschylus’ significant innovations are as nothing in comparison, […] the installation of the iambic trimeter as the appropriate verse of dialogue. — 1924 formstrimeters