Meaning

noun a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl

noun flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food

originFrom Middle English pultrie, from Old French pouleterie, from poulet, diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pullus (“chick”). By surface analysis, poult + -ry. For the development of Middle English /u/ to modern /oʊ/, /əʊ/ before /lt/, /ld/, /ln/, compare boult, boulder, colter/coulter, poultice, shoulder, won't.

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