单词 | poulard |
释义 | poulardn. A young domestic hen fattened for eating; a spayed hen. Cf. capon n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > hen or cock > [noun] > hen > at or of specific stage, condition, or habits pulletc1400 brood-hen1526 smoke-hen1577 Shrovetide hen1598 shroving hen1611 poulard1733 clucker1779 1733 H. Fielding Miser (London ed.) iii. iii. 32 A Leash of Pheasants, a Leash of fat Poulards. 1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. xxvii. 197 He bespoke a poulard for dinner. 1824 W. Cobbett Cottage Econ. §180 They [sc. fowls] are never good for anything after they have attained their full growth, unless they be capons or poullards. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 343/1 He has made capons and poulards of cocks and hens by mutilation. 1913 Amer. Naturalist 47 160 A study of the characters of the Brown Leghorn capon or poullard, therefore, should show whether their characters are juvenile, male or female. 2004 Atlanta Business Chron. (Nexis) 21 May c1 He gets most of his fish and poulard (a hen that is fattened on grains for several months) from the Northeast. Compounds poulard wheat n. rivet wheat, Triticum turgidum. ΚΠ 1904 T. F. Hunt Cereals in Amer. iv. 52 Poulard wheat... This subspecies is not grown in this country except in an experimental way. 1948 R. J. Pool Marching with Grasses 46 Poulard Wheat, Polish Wheat, Emmer and Spelt are grown sparingly for livestock. 1990 A. B. Damania et al. in J. P. Srivastava & A. B. Damania Wheat Genetic Resources 63 T. turgidum var. turgidum or poulard wheat is, I believe, still cultivated in Morocco. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1733 |
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