Poult

Quick meaning: Poult is a noun meaning A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).

Meaning

A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).

Example Sentences

After an hour of fishing I saw a flock of turkeys on the opposite bank and shot one of the poults.

‘I even questioned,’ said he, ‘whether there will not be, in about a week's time, some nice turkey powts.’

And, besides, she [the old grouse's wife] was the mother of a family, and had seven little poults to wash and feed every day; […]

Word Forms

• poults

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include turkey, turkeyling, poulard, poularde, poussin, pullus.

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