Poultry — exhibit at the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum in Shreveport … Wikipedia
Poultry — Poul try, n. [From {Poult}.] Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
poultry — mid 14c., from O.Fr. pouletrie domestic fowl (late 13c.), from poulet young fowl (see PULLET (Cf. pullet)). Poulterer (1630s) is a redundancy, but has largely ousted original poulter (c.1400), from O.Fr. pouletier poulterer, with agent suffix er … Etymology dictionary
poultry — ► NOUN ▪ chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese; domestic fowl. ORIGIN Old French pouletrie, from poulet pullet … English terms dictionary
poultry — [pōl′trē] n. [ME pultrie < MFr pouleterie < poulet, dim. of poule, hen < L pullus, chicken, small animal < IE base * pōu , * pu , small child, small animal > FOAL, FEW, L puer, child] domestic fowls raised for meat or eggs;… … English World dictionary
poultry — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ free range (esp. BrE) ▪ domestic VERB + POULTRY ▪ keep (esp. BrE), raise (AmE) ▪ He keeps/raises rabbits and poultry … Collocations dictionary
poultry — poultryless, adj. poultrylike, adj. /pohl tree/, n. domesticated fowl collectively, esp. those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl. [1350 1400; ME pulletrie < MF pouleterie. See PULLET, ERY] * * * ▪ … Universalium
Poultry — East from Cheapside, at No. 8o, to Mansion House Street (P.O. Directory). In Cheap Ward. Earliest mention: Polettar, 3 Ed. I. (Rot. Hund. I. 403). Other forms: The Poultry, 1298 (Cal. L. Bk. C. p.55). Poletria, 31 Ed. I. (Lib. Cust. I.… … Dictionary of London
poultry — [14] Poultry comes ultimately from a Latin word for a ‘young animal’, which also gave English pony. It was borrowed from Old French pouleterie, a derivative of pouletier ‘poultry dealer’. This in turn was based on poulet (source of English pullet … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
poultry — paukštiena statusas Aprobuotas sritis mėsos produktai apibrėžtis Vištų, kalakutų, perlinių vištų, ančių, žąsų ir kitų paukščių kūno dalys, tinkamos žmonių maistui. atitikmenys: angl. poultry; poultry meat vok. Geflügelfleisch, n rus. мясо птицы;… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)