poult

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pəʊlt/
• Rhymes: -əʊlt

poult (plural poults)

1. 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.

• poultry

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