poult1
/pəʊlt
/noun Farming
A young domestic chicken, turkey, pheasant, or other fowl being raised for food.The females and their broods can all associate with each other, so there may be multiple hens with poults (young turkeys) in a group....
- Adult chickens and chicks are more likely to eat the beetles and their larvae than poults or turkeys.
- It's early August, and he checks to make sure his 34 turkey poults are kept warm until they are ready for pasture in eight weeks.
Origin
Late Middle English: contraction of pullet.
Rhymes
poult2
/puːlt/ /pʊlt /(also poult-de-soie /ˌpuːdəˈswɑː/)
noun [mass noun]
A fine corded silk or taffeta, typically coloured and used as a dress fabric: [as modifier]: a lemon silk poult dress
Origin
1930s: from French poult-de-soie, from poult (of unknown origin) + de soie 'of silk'.