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Tercet vs Terret - What's the difference?

tercet | terret |

As nouns the difference between tercet and terret

is that tercet is a three-line stanza in a poem while terret is one of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass.

tercet

English

(wikipedia tercet)

Noun

(en noun)
  • a three-line stanza in a poem

    • See also

    * couplet * quatrain * cinquain * sestet * septet * terzain * octave

    terret

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of the rings on the top of the saddle of a harness, through which the reins pass.
  • *1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]
  • *:She had a good idea of what was coming, and the moment York took the rein off the terret in order to shorten it, she took her opportunity, and reared up so suddenly, that York had his nose roughly hit, and his hat knocked off
    • (Webster 1913) ----