poultry
nounUK /ˈpɒltɹi/ · CA, US /ˈpoʊltɹi/
Etymology From Middle English pultrie, from Old French pouleterie, from poulet, diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pullus (“chick”). By surface analysis, poult + -ry. For the development of Middle English /u/ to modern /oʊ/, /əʊ/ before /lt/, /ld/, /ln/, compare boult, boulder, colter/coulter, poultice, shoulder, won't.
1
Usually Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).
- a poultry farmer
2
Usually The meat from a domestic fowl.
- the poultry counter
- Derived terms
- nonpoultry, poultrydom, poultryhouse, poultryist, poultryless, poultrylike, poultryman, poultry wire, poultrywoman