Word Study
terza rima
CIDE DICTIONARY
terza rima, [It., a third or triple rhyme.].
A peculiar and complicated system of versification, borrowed by the early Italian poets from the Troubadours. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
terza rima, n. Prosody an arrangement of (esp. iambic pentameter) triplets rhyming aba bcb cdc etc. as in Dante's Divina Commedia.
Etymology
It., = third rhyme
For further exploring for "terza rima" in Webster Dictionary Online