poult
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɒlt/, /pəʊlt/
- Rhymes: -ɒlt, -əʊlt
- (US) IPA(key): /poʊlt/
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Noun edit
poult (plural poults)
- 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.