poult

English

From Middle English pult, a variant of pulet, polet, from Old French poulet (“young fowl”), diminutive of poule (“hen”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin pulla.

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Rhymes: -ɒlt, -əʊlt

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poult (plural poults)

A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.). [from 14th c.]
- 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster 2014, p. 19:
  After an hour of fishing I saw a flock of turkeys on the opposite bank and shot one of the poults.

young game bird