Houdan

American  

[hoo-dan] / ˈhu dæn /

noun

1. one of a French breed of chickens having a V -shaped comb, five toes, and mottled or black plumage.

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Houdan British  

/ ˈhuːdæn /

noun

1. a breed of light domestic fowl originally from France, with a distinctive full crest

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Etymology

Origin of Houdan

First recorded in 1870–75; after Houdan, village near Paris where these hens were bred

Example Sentences

The approach, from Houdan, is perhaps not the most favourable; although we got peeps of the palace, which gave us rather elevated notions of its enormous extent.

From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

The Houdan hen was never drawn into the cult of Sredni Vashtar.

From The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki

The six dead birds were Minorcas; the seventh was a Houdan with a mop of feathers all over its eyes. 

From Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki

This condition is found in the Houdan and Dorking breeds.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard

Then I halted, and despatching the two grooms to Houdan with a letter for my wife, I took, myself, the road to Le Mesnil, which lies about three leagues to the west.

From From the Memoirs of a Minister of France by Weyman, Stanley John