pullet

[ pool-it ]

noun

1. a young hen, less than one year old.

pullet

/ ˈpʊlɪt /

noun

1. a young hen of the domestic fowl, less than one year old

Word History and Origins

Origin of pullet¹

1325–75; Middle English polet < Middle French poulet, diminutive of poul cock < Latin pullus chicken, young of an animal; akin to foal

Word History and Origins

Origin of pullet¹

C14: from Old French poulet chicken, from Latin pullus a young animal or bird

Example Sentences

And as they entered with the pullet, Chicot cut off a leg and thigh, which Gorenflot soon despatched.

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Although my appetite was quite gone, I resolved to force down as much as I could; and desired the leg of a pullet.

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The fowls—a game rooster, a buff hen and a speckled pullet—hung in wicker baskets from wooden pegs at the back.

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In order to test its supposed poisonous property, he caused a young one to bite a pullet under the wing.

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When a pullet is ready to lay she intimates the event by a joyous and easy soft note.

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Related Words

• chicken
• duck
• fowl
• geese
• pheasant
• pigeon