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poult

/pɒlt/ UK
/pəʊlt/ UK
/poʊlt/ US

Rhymes with -ɒlt, -əʊlt

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From Middle English pult, a variant of pulet, polet, from Old French poulet (“young fowl”), diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pulla. For the development of the stressed vowel, see poultry. Doublet of pullet.

noun poults · powt

A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.). ‘I even questioned,’ said he, ‘whether there will not be, in about a week's time, some nice turkey powts.’

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@misc{poult_2026,
  title = {poult},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/poult},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}