Meaning

noun warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

noun the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food

noun informal terms for a (young) woman

originEtymology tree Old English bridd Middle English brid English bird From Middle English bird, brid, from Old English bridd (“chick, fledgling, chicken”), of uncertain origin (see Old English bridd for more). Originally from a term used of birds that could not fly (chicks, fledglings, chickens) as opposed to the general Old English term for flying birds, fugol (modern fowl). Gradually replaced fowl…

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0