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poultryn. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French poletrie, poulleterie. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman poletrie, pulletrie, pulteri, pultrie and Middle French (Normandy) poulleterie (1280 in Old French as pouletrie ) domestic fowl collectively (1280 in Old French), in Anglo-Norman also position or office of poulterer (1376 or earlier), place where fowl are sold (although this is apparently first attested later: 1396 or earlier), room for storing fowls (a1443 or earlier) < poleter poulter n. + -eri , -erie -ery suffix. Compare post-classical Latin pulletaria , pulleteria , pulletria , pultaria , pulteria , pultria domestic fowl collectively (frequently from 1252 in British sources), henhouse (1255 in a British source), position or office of poulterer (1377 in a British source). Compare later poult n.1, pullet n.On the phonological development see discussion in E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §§174, 251. The γ. forms show loss of the pre-consonantal liquid. The following quot. is interpreted by Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at pultry, reading pultare , as an early example of an α form of sense 1:c1368 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 15th Rep.: App. Pt. VIII: MSS Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry (1897) 41 in Parl. Papers (C. 8553) L. 207 [Free..from] tolle [within Anandale] de cariag' et pultar' [prob. read pultura].However, this interpretation is unlikely on semantic grounds; rather, the form probably represents post-classical Latin pultura allowance of food, maintenance, customary payment (a1200 in a British source; < classical Latin pult- , puls pulse n.1 + -ūra -ure suffix1). the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > fowls > [noun] the world > animals > birds > wild or domestic birds > [noun] > domestic > poultry the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > member of (fowl) > collective α. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1871) III. 9 Venisoun, pultrie, and wylde foul. c1387–95 G. Chaucer 598 His lordes sheep..His swyn, his hors, his stoor, and his pultrye [v.rr. pulletrie, pultre]. ?a1417 in M. Sellers (1912) I. 223 (MED) It ys the custume of thys cite that pultre, wyldefoule, and other vytayll..be salde in thys maner. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker (1884) I. 606/5 Pultria, pultrie. a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in (1998) I. 205 Thow plukkis the pultre and scho pullis of the penis. 1550–3 Decaye of Eng. in (1871) 98 Where as pultrye was wont to be breade and fedde. 1581 in J. Anderson (1899) 255 Fowir pultrie for fowir penneis the pece. a1641 J. Smyth (1883) I. 161 The vsuall prices of Catle, Corne, Pultry and other provisions. 1659 in W. Macgill (1911) II. 45 Pultrie. 1669 in J. D. Marwick & R. Renwick (1906) II. 170 [4s. for each hen and 2s. for each] peutrie. β. 1545 T. Elyot (new ed.) Pascales, sheepe or poultrie, whiche doo feede at large.1568 T. Hill (rev. ed.) ii. xxii. f. 84 Hennes, Cockes, Chickins, & any other poultrie sitting on ye rowste.1624 J. Smith iv. 164 Many more Powltry, what was brought or bred.1688 P. Pett 271 Among the Augurs of old the Poultreys not eating their Meat or Bread, served as an indication that the Roman Army was not then to fight.1727 A. Hamilton I. xix. 237 I have seen the Portugueze Subjects bring twenty or thirty Poultry to the Market.1792 C. Smith I. 91 The good woman is very clever about her poultry, and if she has had tolerable luck since I saw her, they must now be nearly fit for the dish.1850 July 220/1 The good woman has rejoiced in her rich dairies and her flocking poultries.1885 H. H. Jackson iv [On] a small ranch..she raised vegetables and kept poultry and cows.1929 May 416/2 When certain forms of meats and poultry are sharp-frozen, the extensive drying of the surface..causes an effect known as ‘freezer-burn’.1972 16 Oct. 5/2 Commission Regulation No 565/68 established that levies on certain poultries..should be exempted from the special surtax.2001 (Nexis) 20 Nov. 3 He now balances life as a policeman..with tending to his livestock and poultry.γ. 1486 in J. Stuart & G. Burnett (1886) IX. 359 Onerat se..de..xl caponibus jc xlvj powtry... Summa..lxiiij capones jc lxxxxiiij pultre.1565 in J. Fraser (1905) 153 Aught poutry price of the pice xij d.1617 in W. Fraser (1859) II. 266 Charge of powtrie..xviii..And swa the compter is superexpendit ii pultrie.1730 A. Ramsay xxii. 19 Sheep and powtry, geese and ducks.1817 W. Scott II. ii. 37 It's no muckle matter what the folk do to the midden pootry.1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxv, in Apr. 493 The pootry keeps quate wi' his came, and wattles in a hole till ggemy gies him a spur or twa on the hurdies.1915 J. Wilson 262/1 Pootray, poultry. 2. the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > victualling department society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > market-place > for sale of food > for sale of meat or fish α. 1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 149 (MED) John Mabile, atte Rede Cok yn the pultrie. 1449 in J. A. Kingdon (1886) I. 124 The Wardeynes..haue fully determyned..That who so euer be Wardeyns..suffren..noon othir Brothirhodes nor Feleshepes to ocupye owre Halle..Excepte the Brothirhod of Seynt Myldred in the Pultry. 1480 (Caxton) (1964) 9 Goo in to the pultrie, Bye poullettis One poullet & two chekens. 1565 J. Stow f. 140 Wherefore both the frayers were brought to the Counter in the Pultrye, and the lord Straunge for begynning the sayd fraye, was the next sunday accursed at Paules crosse. β. a1444 in (1827) I. p. xl (MED) Richard Crewe and Nicholas Vicarye, sergeaunts..brought theym to the Counter in the Poultre of London.1530 J. Palsgrave 257/2 Poultry, poullaillerie.1548 f. ccvijv The Poultrees, Larders, Spicereis, and Sellars of Wine were al open.1604 T. Dekker (title page) To be solde at the long Shop vnder S. Mildreds Church in the Poultry.1665 G. Harvey xiii. 16 Avoid passing close, dirty, stinking, and infected places, as..common Alehouses, Shambles, Poultries, or any places where old houshold-stuff is kept.1776 S. Johnson 16 May (1992) ii. 331 I dined yesterday in the poultry with Mr. Alderman Wilkes, and Mr. Alderman Lee.1866 8 Dec. 9/6 The prisoner paid the premium to the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Office in the Poultry.1995 86 120/1 At his shop and residence on the Poultry..he built up a thriving business.the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > poultry-farm 1429 in W. D. Macray (1882) 16 (MED) Item, j bakhous..cum aliis parvis domibus ibidem pro yetynghous et pultrie. 1552 R. Huloet at Pultrye The fowles fedde in a Barton or poultry. 1740 G. Smith tr. (rev. ed.) vii. 188 In such holes they fling all their sweepings,..the sweepings of poultries, pidgeon-houses, [etc.]. the world > food and drink > food > place for storing food > [noun] > for poultry 1454 in H. Nicolas (1837) VI. 231 (MED) Thoffice of the pulterie. 1541 c. 12 §14 The serieant of the pultrie..shalbe..redie with a cocke in his hand. 1548 f. lxxiiij Office[s] of houshold seruice, as Ewery,..Buttery, Spicery, pitcher house, Larder and Poultrie. 1601 F. Tate tr. (1876) §42. 25 A wafrer..shul take for his office..egges in the pulletrie and fuel of the scullerye. Compounds C1. 1785 tr. F. de Tott I. 331 It [sc. a house] was like a large poultry basket, built in lattice work. 1893 ‘Q’ (1894) 305 An old countryman, with an empty poultry-basket on his knees. 1988 (Nexis) 16 Aug. b1 The law covers bakery trays, egg baskets, laundry carts and poultry baskets. c1851 P. A. Schenck 138 Many poultry breeders are accustomed to chop the leaves into very small pieces, to be mixed with the food of young chickens, as a real or fancied preventive of disease. 1927 2 Mar. 6/4 The wise poultry breeder will now be prepared for the spring months. 2003 (Nexis) 3 May 15 According to many top poultry breeders, their fowl relax in a warm bath. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence II. xxvii. 518 Some quondam amateur of poultry-breeding. 1933 67 502 Progeny testing in poultry breeding can be used in evaluating the breeding potentiality of either sire or dam. 2001 May 47/3 Ross Breeders Limited is a major Poultry Breeding Company supplying top quality breeding stock throughout the world. 1858 26 Sept. 3/1 Andrews..considered poultry culture as applicable to the circumstances of all persons. 1934 14 Mar. 21/5 Poultry inculbators and accessories for poultry culture. 2004 (Nexis) 6 Mar. b2 Fiction, travel and the ‘useful arts’ such as gardening and poultry culture were the most popular books. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > poultry-farm 1859 19 Dec. 3/3 A Poultry Farm: Fattening Poultry for Christmas. 1930 E. H. Young xxv. 224 The little poultry farm which was to supplement..the hero's war pension. 1995 Summer 40 Next to Alf were two brothers who had a larger acreage, and they made it into a poultry farm using mobile arks or hen-houses for the birds. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > keeper of poultry 1852 E. C. Gaskell (1966) 218 I am turned farmer..and particularly poultry farmer. 1943 Apr. 74/2 The dog-breeder and poultry farmer were comparatively quick off the mark in using the new therapy. 1997 31 Jan. 5/3 Europe banned a British-made food additive..used widely by pig and poultry farmers to boost meat production yesterday. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] 1870 91/1 Great attention has been paid to poultry farming on a large scale. 1894 3rd Ser. 5 303 Nothing has been said as to poultry-farming. 1991 M. T. P. Leahy (BNC) 214 Many localities in Europe are dominated by livestock and poultry farming. the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > member of (fowl) > parts of 1822 17 Dec. 4/2 Poultry feathers, 10d. to 16d. per lb. 1916 20 July 7/3 The value of poultry feathers is an important reason for dry picking the birds. 2005 (Nexis) 25 Apr. 22 There's also interest in using the process to convert poultry feathers to weave seat covers for cars. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > enclosure for poultry > poultry-house 1552 R. Huloet Pultrye house or barton, gallinarium,..viuarium. 1679 Bp. G. Burnet iii. 152 The Cellarers Lodging, the Poultry-house, the Gardner, the Almary, and all other Houses and Lodgings not above reserved. 1819 1 46 Respecting the cleansing of poultry-houses from vermin, or chicken-lice. 2003 (Nexis) 28 Feb. 67 Birds were drinking to expected targets inside and outside the poultry house, particularly in warm weather. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > keeper of poultry 1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella viii. iii. 344 The Poultry-keeper ought from time to time to search and watch for the eggs of those that are laying. 1849 Sept. 260/2 Close in the rear followed the cook, gardener and poultry-keeper. 2002 (Nexis) 20 Mar. 2 If shepherds and poultry keepers say that foxhunting is efficient pest control, they deserve to be listened to. 1849 31 Mar. 219/4 Advice in poultry keeping. 1939 18 Dec. 2/6 This product..is now being introduced to the poultry-keeping and agricultural communities. 1999 K. Hickman (2000) ix. 199 She boned up on poultry-keeping, gardening, cooking, washing and fishing. 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins ii. v. 148 Phytivorous birds of short wings, less fit for flight; may be distinguished into such as are..of whitish flesh, most proper for food..laying many Eggs, called the Poultry-kind. 1848 Jan. 65/1 Paraguay presents the same marks of unsparing beneficence and bountiful profusion in the Poultry kind. 1881 W. Carleton 48 Now let the housewife's nets be cast, And all the poultry kind Begin to realize, at last, For what they were designed. 1950 J. P. MacGregor tr. M. Gaudefroy-Demombynes xii. 178 The multitudes of the poultry kind are rarely well grown. society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [noun] > market-place > for sale of food > for sale of meat or fish 1437 in S. Tymms (1850) 8 (MED) In vico vocatur the Pultery market. 1595 in J. D. Marwick V. 131 In attending upoun the pultrie merket. 1851 H. Mayhew I. 122/2 The two great game and poultry-markets [Leadenhall and Newgate]. 1987 E. David (BNC) 272 The wholesale fruit and poultry market opens before dawn on Saturday. 1917 11 May 2/2 If efforts were made to dispose of all females when their best laying days were over a large quantity of poultry meat would be placed on the market. 1994 5 May 11/3 There will also be the Selo Schnitzel Press, designed for flattening pork and poultry meat. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] 1850 S. Allen in D. J. Browne App. 304 There is profit attending poultry raising, when undertaken on a moderate scale. 1896 28 Poultry raising has of late years attracted the attention of the farmer. 2004 (Nexis) 27 Feb. 27 w So, you city folks want to give poultry raising a try? 1853 Nov. 496 There is no branch of rural industry which, while it requires so little labor and capital, affords..so excellent and ample a return as that of poultry-rearing. 1902 17 July 6/3 Rose culture, violet farming, bee-keeping, or poultry rearing. 1982 A. A. Mister i. 13 Reference must be made to the vast industry of poultry rearing. 1873 J. H. Beadle 449 Across the middle of the square is a line of buildings containing the dining-room and kitchen, and dividing the stable yard and poultry run from the open court for human use. 1915 V. Woolf xv. 236 I'd infinitely rather break stones than clean out poultry runs, or feed the cows. 1994 Apr. 20/2 An old poultry run and some leftover corncrib wire combined to create a 25-by-60-foot paddock. society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop selling provisions > meat or poultry 1560 J. Heywood xv. sig. Aviv Thou sellest..conies in this pultry shoppe. 1792 J. Haslewood (ed. 2) II. 216 He fluttered from the Poultry-shop of his Father..and joined a covey of Comedians. 1987 55 167 This same idea is also prominent early on in Fortunata y Jacinta, most notably in the poultry shop scene. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > poultry-show 1851 Mar. 323 Especial provision is made for this arrangement at poultry shows. 1873 F. Kilvert 6 Aug. (1944) 223 I went..to Garth to attend the Garth Flower Show, Dog Show, Poultry Show, Bazaar and Athletic Sports, all in one. 1986 T. Bartlett xi. 105 The words ‘waterfowl show’ or ‘poultry show’..do little to capture the interest of outsiders. society > trade and finance > trading place > stall or booth > [noun] > for sale of food or drink 1852 H. W. Dulcken tr. I. L. Pfeiffer xix. 291 On Sundays and holydays the shops containing wares and provisions, and the meat and poultry stalls, are opened in the same way as on a week-day. 1930 M. O. Wright 123 Next time I went there I deserted ‘Cup 'o Tea's’ hut for the fishmonger's and poultry stalls. 2005 (Nexis) 15 June 3 With the aim of separating or minimising contact between humans and poultry, measures include..reducing the number of poultry stalls. society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of poultry or game > woman 1782 T. Pennant 317 On the stairs is an excellent painting of an old poultry-woman. 1851 Apr. 662/2 The poultry-woman must be changed. 2000 (Nexis) 1 Mar. 34 I asked a wise poultry woman about Mareks [disease] and she said to vaccinate day-old chicks. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > enclosure for poultry 1715–20 N. Dubois tr. A. Palladio II. vi. 13 At one end are the kitchen, the ovens, the poultry-yard, the wood-house..and a pretty fine garden. 1847 R. W. Emerson 191 His daily haunts I well discern, The poultry yard, the shed, the barn. 1989 Spring 7/2 The poultry-yard was regarded as a woman's sphere. C2. society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > specific prisons 1644 (title) The Humble petition of the poore distressed prisoners in the hole of the poultry compter. 1735 I. 111 A Footman, then in the Poultry-Compter. 1870 24 Sept. 811/1 His suggestion that they should prove their honesty and their courage by sending a Duchess to the Poultry Compter. 1952 28 Nov. 10/4 The Poultry compter was not demolished until 1817. 2003 (Nexis) 21 Sept. 12 Ward gets kicked out of a Quaker's pub..picks a fight with a constable in the next, and ends up in the Poultry Compter for the night. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > keeper of poultry > poultry-fancier 1822 10 Sept. 3/3 The prosecutor kept some dogs, which were an great annoyance to the defendant, who was a poultry fancier. 1876 R. Fulton 1 A poultry-fancier was apt to be fought shy of. 1998 14 Nov. 1 b Poultry fanciers from around the globe are coming to the third-largest livestock show at the fairgrounds. 1853 13 Jan. 4/3 Somebody must have paid rather highly for a poultry fancy. 1906 25 Feb. (Editorial section) 8/4 There are no incubators available to stock up the kennels, as in the poultry fancy. 2003 (Nexis) 22 Aug. 4 d Poultry fancy is not new. Every year there are hundreds of shows and fairs where breeders of exotic or rare chickens exhibit their fowl. 1901 18 Jan. 7/6 Poultry fancying is also indulged in. 1913 2 Sept. 2/1 He inquired among his poultry fancying friends and not one had ever heard of a fowl with a painful stomach. 2004 (Nexis) 10 June Mr Selby said poultry-fancying was a wonderful hobby. the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > feeding poultry > poultry-feeding device 1831 11 Aug. 2/1 To higglers and poultry feeders in the Country—wanted, a clever, active, industrious..man. a1877 E. H. Knight II. 1780/2 Poultry-feeder, a device to feed grain to fowls in quantity as used. 1958 24 86 These have included such things as hog- and poultry-feeders. 1999 (Nexis) 31 Aug. b1 He's the official poultry feeder, hired by the fair for the fifth straight year. the mind > emotion > excitement > nervous excitement > [noun] 1876 G. Meredith I. i. 11 We were insulted, and all in a poultry-flutter, yet no one seemed to feel it but himself! the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > keeper of poultry 1798 P. J. Laborie Index p. xii Poultry Maid. 1897 ‘S. Grand’ xii. 104 He went to the poultry yard, followed by Beth.., the yard boy, and the poultry maid. 2002 1 Sept. (Features section) 6 Her jobs would include being assistant calving midwife, poultry maid, accountant..jam maker, curtain-maker and tour guide. society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of poultry or game 1538 in J. B. Paul (1905) VI. 447 Pultreman. 1573–4 in J. H. Burton (1878) 1st Ser. II. 338 Flescheouris,..commoun cuikis, pultre men, and sic utheris as sellis or makis reddy flesche. 1617 Edinb. Test. L. f. 7, in at (Pultryman) Charles Ros pultriman. a1722 J. Lauder (1848) II. 807 The vintners doe not observe the..table of wild-foull in buying them from the poultrymen. 1889 7 Dec. 2/5 Mr. Felch the well-known poultryman, has a Scotch collie dog. 1988 24 June 36/3 It has to do with securing cheaper supplies for poultrymen. the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stealing animals > [noun] > stealing of other animals or livestock a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox, Wolf, & Cadger l. 2069 in (1981) 79 It is sum wyfis malisone..For pultrie pyking, that lychtit hes on ȝow. 1897 28 Aug. 4/4 One of the quaintest sights at Rockwood Hall is the poultry plant, with its immense incubators. 1932 15 Aug. 15/2 The course includes a large amount of practical work on the college poultry plant. 2005 (Nexis) 13 June 45 A virus introduced into a poultry plant with 10,000 birds of a single variety is a potent terrorist opportunity. society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > poultry as object of trade 1526 in (1790) 219 It shall be lawfull for the purveyour..to take..such Poultry stuff. 1531–2 in (1790) 220 He shall take noe Poultry-stuff from noe Nobleman nor Gentleman's Servants. society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > poultry as object of trade 1531–2 in (1790) 220 They shall take noe Poultry-ware within seven myles of London. 1608 T. Dekker sig. G5v Poultrie-ware are..churlishly handled by them [sc. gypsies]. a1732 J. Gay (1738) II. i. 6 Dame Dobbins with her poultry-ware. 1800 J. S. Girdler xiv. 169 The Poulterers..entered into combination to raise the price of Poultry, which produced the following table..to ascertain the price of Poultry-ware. Derivatives the world > life > death > killing > killing of animals > [noun] 1841 49 616 I..meditated all the varieties of poultrycide. 1972 17 Apr. 3/1 The senators apparently felt that mass poultrycide would be political suicide. 2000 (Nexis) 11 Dec. 5 d In Chicken Run, the ‘claymation’ rendering enlivens a harrowing and hilarious escape from poultrycide on a dreary English chicken farm. 1883 A. Thomas 106 To a degree that drove us poultryless from her doors after an unsuccessful and prolonged parley. 1947 17 Oct. 1/6 Meatless Tuesdays and eggless and poultryless Thursdays are being observed..in the government's emergency food conservation program. 1993 K. Davis (title) Instead of chicken, instead of turkey: a poultryless ‘poultry’ potpourri. 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