pullet

Definition

A young hen, especially one less than a year old.

Etymology

From Middle English polet, pulet, from Anglo-Norman pullet, Old French poulet (“young chicken”); polette (“young hen”), from poule (“hen”). Doublet of poult. Compare also Middle English pulle.

Example Sentences

• "They died not because the Pullets would not feed: but because the Devil foresaw their death, he contrived that abstinence in them."
• "The dinner-hour being arrived, Black George carried her up a pullet, the squire himself [...] attending the door."
• "he recommended that the patient [...] should be fed with chicken broth, and suggested that as all the poultry had gone to roost, Maggie would find a fat young pullet an easy capture."

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