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poulard|puːˈlɑːd|
Also 9 poullard, poularde.
[a. F. poularde, f. poule a hen + -arde: see -ard.]
A young hen fattened for the table; a spayed hen. (Cf. capon.)
1732Fielding Miser iii. iii, A leash of pheasants, a leash of fat poulards. 1753Smollett Ct. Fathom (1784) 79/1 He bespoke a poulard for dinner. 1824Cobbett Cottage Economy §180 They [fowls] are never good for anything after they have attained their full growth, unless they be capons or poullards. c1865in Circ. Sc. I. 343/1 He has made capons and poulards of cocks and hens by mutilation. |