Poultry
1Poultry — exhibit at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport …
2Poultry — Poul try, n. [From {Poult}.] Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese. [1913 Webster] …
3poultry — mid 14c., from O.Fr. pouletrie domestic fowl (late 13c.), from poulet young fowl (see PULLET (Cf. pullet)). Poulterer (1630s) is a redundancy, but has largely ousted original poulter (c.1400), from O.Fr. pouletier poulterer, with agent suffix er …
4poultry — ► NOUN ▪ chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese; domestic fowl. ORIGIN Old French pouletrie, from poulet pullet …
5poultry — [pōl′trē] n. [ME pultrie < MFr pouleterie < poulet, dim. of poule, hen < L pullus, chicken, small animal < IE base * pōu , * pu , small child, small animal > FOAL, FEW, L puer, child] domestic fowls raised for meat or eggs;… …
6poultry — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ free range (esp. BrE) ▪ domestic VERB + POULTRY ▪ keep (esp. BrE), raise (AmE) ▪ He keeps/raises rabbits and poultry …
7poultry — [[t]po͟ʊltri[/t]] N PLURAL You can refer to chickens, ducks, and other birds that are kept for their eggs and meat as poultry. Dr Binger keeps poultry, pigs and goats... Most poultry farmers have to rely on commercially manufactured feeds. N… …
8poultry — poultryless, adj. poultrylike, adj. /pohl tree/, n. domesticated fowl collectively, esp. those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl. [1350 1400; ME pulletrie < MF pouleterie. See PULLET, ERY] * * * ▪ …
9Poultry — East from Cheapside, at No. 8o, to Mansion House Street (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward. Earliest mention: Polettar, 3 Ed. I. (Rot. Hund. I. 403). Other forms: The Poultry, 1298 (Cal. L. Bk. C. p.55). Poletria, 31 Ed. I. (Lib. Cust. I.… …
10poultry — [14] Poultry comes ultimately from a Latin word for a ‘young animal’, which also gave English pony. It was borrowed from Old French pouleterie, a derivative of pouletier ‘poultry dealer’. This in turn was based on poulet (source of English pullet …
