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† puˈllaile, -ˈayle Obs.
Forms: α. 4 polyle, 5 -aile, -ayl(e, -ayll(e, -eyl, 6 polell. β. 5 pullaylle, -aille, -aile, -ayle.
[a. OF. polaille (13th c. in Godef.), poulaille, f. poule chicken, fowl (see pull n.3) + -aille, collective suffix:—L. -ālia: cf. Pr. pollayllia, It. pollaglia.]
Poultry.
α13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 57 My polyle þat is penne-fed & partrykes boþe. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 979 (MS. R.) The kyte, That me byreve wolde my polaile [v.r. pullaille]. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 158 The sleihty fox smal polayl doth oppresse. 1481Caxton Reynard xii. (Arb.) 29 How goo your eyen so after the poleyl? 1527Andrew Brunswyke's Distyll. Waters I j b, The inwarde yelowe skynne of mawes of the polell.
βc1400Rom. Rose 7045 With caleweys, or with pullaile, With coninges, or with fyn vitaille. 1481Botoner Tulle on Old Age (Caxton) F iv, Grete habondaunce..of..hennys capons and of othir pullaile. a1483Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. (1790) 17 The diverse kindes of pullayle, conyes, wild fowl & tame. |