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