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poult en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /poʊlt/ (US)
  • (UK) audio
  • /pɒlt/ (UK)
  • (US) audio
  • /pəʊlt/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English pult, a variant of pulet, polet, from Old French poulet (“young fowl”), diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pulla. For the development of the stressed vowel, see poultry. Doublet of pullet.

Meanings

  1. A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).
    • ‘I even questioned,’ said he, ‘whether there will not be, in about a week's time, some nice turkey powts.’ 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 82:
    • After an hour of fishing I saw a flock of turkeys on the opposite bank and shot one of the poults. 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 19:
    • And, besides, she [the old grouse's wife] was the mother of a family, and had seven little poults to wash and feed every day; […] 1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
powt alternative lexicographic
poults Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

heath-poult

Relateds

poultry

Translations (2)

bg пиле (young game bird) · fi -poika (young game bird)