pultrie

Middle English

Alternative forms

pultrye, pultre, pulterye, pultry, pultery

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French pouleterie; equivalent to pulet +‎ -erie or pulter +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌpult(ə)ˈriː(ə)/, /ˈpult(ə)riː(ə)/

Noun

pultrie (uncountable)

Poultry (chickens, geese, or similar birds kept for their products)
A location for the marketing and retail of domesticated fowl or poultry.
The portion of a noble estate dedicated to managing poultry.
(rare) A chicken coop or analogous structure; a place where poultry is kept.

Descendants

English: poultry
Scots: pootry, poutrie
Yola: pultry

References

“pultrīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-01-18.

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