pullet

[ pool-it ]

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noun

a young hen, less than one year old.

Origin of pullet

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

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How to use pullet in a sentence

And as they entered with the pullet, Chicot cut off a leg and thigh, which Gorenflot soon despatched.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, Pere
Although my appetite was quite gone, I resolved to force down as much as I could; and desired the leg of a pullet.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 | Ministry of Education
The fowls—a game rooster, a buff hen and a speckled pullet—hung in wicker baskets from wooden pegs at the back.
The Pioneers | Katharine Susannah Prichard
In order to test its supposed poisonous property, he caused a young one to bite a pullet under the wing.
Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XV., No. 388, June 9, 1883 | Various
When a pullet is ready to lay she intimates the event by a joyous and easy soft note.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 | Gilbert White

British Dictionary definitions for pullet

pullet

/ (ˈpʊlɪt) /

noun

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

Origin of pullet

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

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