poult

English

Alternative forms

• powt

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɒlt/, /pəʊlt/
• Rhymes: -ɒlt, -əʊlt
• (US) IPA^(key): /poʊlt/

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Noun

poult (plural poults)

1. A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.). [from 14th c.]
   • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 82:

     ‘I even questioned,’ said he, ‘whether there will not be, in about a week's time, some nice turkey powts.’

   • 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 19:

     After an hour of fishing I saw a flock of turkeys on the opposite bank and shot one of the poults.

Derived terms

• heath-poult

Related terms

• poultry

Translations

young game bird

• Bulgarian: пиле (bg) n (pile)
• Finnish: -poika (fi)

Anagrams

• Pluto, pluot, pluto, pluto-