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▪ I. poult, n.1|pəʊlt|
Forms: α. 5 pult(e, 7– poult, (7 pl. poulse), 9 polt. β. Sc. and dial. 6–8 powt(e, (6 powtt), 6– pout (7 poot, pote): see also poot n.1
[ME. contr. f. polet, poullet, pullet, a. F. poulet chicken, dim. of poule hen.]
The young of the domestic fowl, a chicken; also of the turkey, pheasant, guinea-fowl, and various game-birds. Also attrib.
αa1425Langland's P. Pl. A. vii. 267 (MS. U.), I haue no penyes..pultys to bugge. c1440Prop. Parv. 416/1 Pulte, yonge hen, gallinella. 1634Althorp MS. in Simpkinson Washingtons App. p. xxii, 3 dozen pheasant poults from Oxford. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Introd., Pheasants, partridg, heath poulse. 1704Locke in Campbell Chancellors (1846) IV. cxxiii. 580, 4 Turkey poults ready larded. 1810Sporting Mag. XXXVI. 291 Or where the polt, in open heath, Moves in an even line from death. 1863Baring-Gould Iceland 162 Ptarmigan poults, hardly fledged.
β1502Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. II. 155 To ane man brocht powtis to the King. 1550Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 95 Item the blak cok, and the gray hen vi d. Item the powttis the doosen xii d. 1575Turberv. Falconrie Commend. Hawking, When the Spanels crosse the ronne of Fesants in the wood, Or light vpon the little Poutes. 1602Carew Cornwall 24 b, Of wild [birds Cornwall hath] Quaile, Raile, Partridge..Powte, &c. 1620in Naworth Househ. Bks. (Surtees) 126, 7 pootes and 2 snipes. 1633Ibid. 309, 3 moorefoole and 3 potes. 1681S. Colvil Whigs Supplic. (1751) 125 With which they persecute those poor souls, As setting dogs do pouts and muir-fowls. 1725Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Pheasant-taking, The old Cock and Hen [Pheasant], with all their young ones or Powts. 1784Burns Epist. to J. Rankine xi, As soon's the clockin-time is by, An' the wee pouts begun to cry. 1839G. R. Gleig Only Daughter (1859) 33 She was na comin' to see the pouts fed.
b. transf. A child; a youth. colloq. or dial.
1739Nicol Poems 22 The meikle Trake come o'er their Snouts, That laugh at winsome kissing Pouts. 1790J. Williams Shrove Tuesday in Cabinet, etc. (1794) 27 Bid the unbreech'd Poults and Pullets gaze. 1852R. S. Surtees Sponge's Sp. Tour xliv. 242 ‘He's a raw poult of a chap’, replied Jack. 1897W. D. Latto in Bards Angus & Mearns 270/1 Whan I was but a feeble pout.
▪ II. poult, n.2|puːlt|
[Shortening of poult-de-soie.]
= poult-de-soie. Also, a similar fabric manufactured from man-made fibres. Also attrib.
1938Times 7 July 22/1 A gown..with a bodice of white poult. 1951Good Housek. Home Encycl. 199/1 Nylon Fabric is now available in many different finishes, such as tricot, net, poult. 1959Times 21 Sept. 12/4 A short dress of coral-coloured poult. 1960Woman's Own 9 Apr. 7/1 At a dance recently I wore my poult dress. 1970Trafford Spring & Summer Catal. 276 See through lace sleeves and a 40 denier Nylon poult skirt.
▪ III. poult, v. rare.
[f. poult n.1 See also pout v.2]
intr. To catch chickens or poultry.
1657R. Ligon Barbadoes 4 No feare of losing our hauke, by going out at Cheik, or to a village to Poult. |