poultern.

Brit.

/ˈpəʊltə/, U.S.

/ˈpoʊltər/

Forms: Middle English polter, Middle English polunter, Middle English pulteer, Middle English pultur, Middle English 1600s pulleter, Middle English–1500s pulter, 1500s pultar, 1500s pultor, 1500s–1600s powlter, 1500s– poulter.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French poleter, pouletier.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman poleter, poletier, pulter, pultere, pulleter, pulletere, pulletier and Old French, Middle French pouletier, Middle French poletier, poulletier (c1240 in Old French; French pouletier (rare)) < polet , poulet , poullet , pulet , pullet pullet n. + -er , -ier -er suffix². Compare post-classical Latin pulletarius poulterer (frequently 1241–1419 in British sources), poletarius (c1290, 1419 in British sources), pultarius (1308, c1390 in British sources), pulterius (1330 in British sources). Compare later poulterer n.It is uncertain whether the following show the Anglo-Norman or the Middle English word:1226 in J. T. Gilbert Hist. & Munic. Documents Ireland (1870) 84 Osbertus de Kilmainam, pulleter.1277 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1900) B. 271 [Henry le Rous,] poleter.1311–12 Freeman's Rolls in Kent Rec. (1964) XVIII. 196 Robertus ata Halle, poletier.1350–1 Freeman's Rolls in Kent Rec. (1964) XVIII. 204 Johannes Carpenter, Pollytter.Also frequently in surnames from the 13th cent. onwards (as Osbertus le puleter (1230)), although it is uncertain whether these reflect the Anglo-Norman or the Middle English word.

1. = poulterer n. Now chiefly in Poulters' Company: the name of a livery company of the City of London.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of poultry or game

poultera1400

poulterer1534

poultryman1538

turkey-merchant1699

rabbit-o1902

society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > companies involved in specific business

misbeliefa1450

safeguarda1450

squatc1450

smearc1476

bleach1486

poulterer1534

water company1710

land-company1805

publishing house1819

railway company1824

oil company1827

bus line1843

rails1848

accountancy1860

art house1882

poulter1884

automaker1899

energy company1910

record label1926

label1930

utility1930

re-roller1931

prefabricator1933

seven sisters1962

energy firm1970

chipmaker1971

fragmentizer1972

fixit1984

infomediary1989

multi-utility1994

a1400 in K. W. Engeroff Untersuchung ‘Usages of Winchester’ (1914) 56 (MED) No pulter ne schal bygge..pultrye for to a-ȝen selle er þat vndren be y-ronge.

c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Order of Fools (Laud) in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 451 (MED) A pulteer that selleth a fat swan For a goselyng that greseth on bareyn clours.

1529 in A. F. Johnston & M. Rogerson Rec. Early Eng. Drama: York (1979) I. i. 250 Comen pulters yat bringyth pultre to this City to selle.

1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 24 To rere vp much pultrie, and want the barne doore, is naught for the pulter, and woorse for the poore.

1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman i. 5 Nicholas the fifth was sonne of a Poulter; Sixtus the fift, of a Hog-heard.

1685 S. Wesley Maggots 71 More then a Bustard the Poulter might prize one [sc. a duck].

1740 Compl. Guide City of London 68/1 Poulters Company, have no Hall.

1884 Rep. London Livery Companies III. 688 The Poulters' Company existed by prescription as early as 1345. It was, however, incorporated by Royal Charter in the 19th year of Henry VII, on 23rd February 1504.

1940 Eng. Hist. Rev. 55 679 In spite of its age and the aforetime importance of its trade, the Poulters' Company has no records earlier than 1587.

1985 Times 14 Sept. 10/3 Mrs. D. Rowe-Ham was present at the annual livery dinner of the Poulters' Company held last night.

2005 Boston Globe (Nexis) 24 July d9 Mrs. Beeton's ‘Book of Household Management’ conjures up an idyllic England with country houses, servants galore, and a large cast of butchers, poulters, and greengrocers.

†2. An officer in the royal household, a monastery, etc., who attends to the purchase of poultry and other provisions. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer > official or superintendent of food > in household, monastery, court, or college

spencerc1380

fratererc1430

poultera1475

provisor1498

sergeant garbagera1616

steward1749

a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 581 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 318 The clerke to kater and pulter is, To baker and butler bothe y-wys Gyffys seluer.

1522 in W. Jerdan Rutland Papers (1842) 84 Item, to appouynt iiij pulters to serue for the said persons of all maner pultry.

1601 F. Tate tr. King Edward II's Househ. & Wardrobe Ordinances (1876) §51 A serjant pulleter..shal..take thadvise of the asseour of the kinges table [etc.] what he shal bringe to court.

Compounds

C1.

† poulter-man n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1534 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 126 Ye s^d pulter man.

C2.

poulter's measure n. [apparently with reference to the habit of poulterers of frequently adding some extra eggs when selling a dozen eggs, making the total number either twelve or fourteen (compare quot. 1575)] Prosody (now chiefly historical) a metre consisting of lines of 12 and 14 syllables alternately; cf. short metre n. at short adj., n., and adv. Compounds 6a.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > poulter's measure

poulter's measure1575

short metre1718

poulterer's measure1841

1575 G. Gascoigne Certayne Notes Instr. in Posies sig. U.ij The commonest sort of verse which we vse now adayes (viz. the long verse of twelue and fourtene sillables) I know not certainly howe to name it, vnlesse I should say that it doth consist of Poulters measure, which giueth xii. for one dozen and xiiij. for another.

1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. F.iiii^v When one staffe containeth but two verses, or (if they bee deuided) foure: the first or the first couple hauing twelue sillables, the other fourteene, which versifyers call Powlters measure, because so they tall[i]e their wares by dosens.

1838 E. Guest Hist. Eng. Rhythms II. iii. vi. 233 The metre..is but rarely met with, except during the sixteenth century; when it was commonly known by the name of poulter's measure, because the poulterer, as Gaskoyne tells us, ‘giveth twelve for one dozen, and fourteen for another’.

1994 Renaissance Q. 47 442 Even a poem like Gascoigne's ‘In prime of lustie years,’ composed in the deadly Poulter's Measure, acquires an unexpected suavity and lyricism when sung to the ‘Tinternell’ melody that Gascoigne specified.

† poulter-pannier n. Obsolete rare a poulterer's basket.

ΚΠ

1424–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 620 (MED) 1 par de Pulterpanyers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	poulter
释义	poultern. Brit. /ˈpəʊltə/, U.S. /ˈpoʊltər/ Forms: Middle English polter, Middle English polunter, Middle English pulteer, Middle English pultur, Middle English 1600s pulleter, Middle English–1500s pulter, 1500s pultar, 1500s pultor, 1500s–1600s powlter, 1500s– poulter. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French poleter, pouletier. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman poleter, poletier, pulter, pultere, pulleter, pulletere, pulletier and Old French, Middle French pouletier, Middle French poletier, poulletier (c1240 in Old French; French pouletier (rare)) < polet , poulet , poullet , pulet , pullet pullet n. + -er , -ier -er suffix². Compare post-classical Latin pulletarius poulterer (frequently 1241–1419 in British sources), poletarius (c1290, 1419 in British sources), pultarius (1308, c1390 in British sources), pulterius (1330 in British sources). Compare later poulterer n.It is uncertain whether the following show the Anglo-Norman or the Middle English word:1226 in J. T. Gilbert Hist. & Munic. Documents Ireland (1870) 84 Osbertus de Kilmainam, pulleter.1277 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1900) B. 271 [Henry le Rous,] poleter.1311–12 Freeman's Rolls in Kent Rec. (1964) XVIII. 196 Robertus ata Halle, poletier.1350–1 Freeman's Rolls in Kent Rec. (1964) XVIII. 204 Johannes Carpenter, Pollytter.Also frequently in surnames from the 13th cent. onwards (as Osbertus le puleter (1230)), although it is uncertain whether these reflect the Anglo-Norman or the Middle English word. 1. = poulterer n. Now chiefly in Poulters' Company: the name of a livery company of the City of London. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of poultry or game poultera1400 poulterer1534 poultryman1538 turkey-merchant1699 rabbit-o1902 society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > companies involved in specific business misbeliefa1450 safeguarda1450 squatc1450 smearc1476 bleach1486 poulterer1534 water company1710 land-company1805 publishing house1819 railway company1824 oil company1827 bus line1843 rails1848 accountancy1860 art house1882 poulter1884 automaker1899 energy company1910 record label1926 label1930 utility1930 re-roller1931 prefabricator1933 seven sisters1962 energy firm1970 chipmaker1971 fragmentizer1972 fixit1984 infomediary1989 multi-utility1994 a1400 in K. W. Engeroff Untersuchung ‘Usages of Winchester’ (1914) 56 (MED) No pulter ne schal bygge..pultrye for to a-ȝen selle er þat vndren be y-ronge. c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Order of Fools (Laud) in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 451 (MED) A pulteer that selleth a fat swan For a goselyng that greseth on bareyn clours. 1529 in A. F. Johnston & M. Rogerson Rec. Early Eng. Drama: York (1979) I. i. 250 Comen pulters yat bringyth pultre to this City to selle. 1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 24 To rere vp much pultrie, and want the barne doore, is naught for the pulter, and woorse for the poore. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman i. 5 Nicholas the fifth was sonne of a Poulter; Sixtus the fift, of a Hog-heard. 1685 S. Wesley Maggots 71 More then a Bustard the Poulter might prize one [sc. a duck]. 1740 Compl. Guide City of London 68/1 Poulters Company, have no Hall. 1884 Rep. London Livery Companies III. 688 The Poulters' Company existed by prescription as early as 1345. It was, however, incorporated by Royal Charter in the 19th year of Henry VII, on 23rd February 1504. 1940 Eng. Hist. Rev. 55 679 In spite of its age and the aforetime importance of its trade, the Poulters' Company has no records earlier than 1587. 1985 Times 14 Sept. 10/3 Mrs. D. Rowe-Ham was present at the annual livery dinner of the Poulters' Company held last night. 2005 Boston Globe (Nexis) 24 July d9 Mrs. Beeton's ‘Book of Household Management’ conjures up an idyllic England with country houses, servants galore, and a large cast of butchers, poulters, and greengrocers. †2. An officer in the royal household, a monastery, etc., who attends to the purchase of poultry and other provisions. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer > official or superintendent of food > in household, monastery, court, or college spencerc1380 fratererc1430 poultera1475 provisor1498 sergeant garbagera1616 steward1749 a1475 Bk. Curtasye (Sloane 1986) l. 581 in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 318 The clerke to kater and pulter is, To baker and butler bothe y-wys Gyffys seluer. 1522 in W. Jerdan Rutland Papers (1842) 84 Item, to appouynt iiij pulters to serue for the said persons of all maner pultry. 1601 F. Tate tr. King Edward II's Househ. & Wardrobe Ordinances (1876) §51 A serjant pulleter..shal..take thadvise of the asseour of the kinges table [etc.] what he shal bringe to court. Compounds C1. † poulter-man n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1534 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 126 Ye s^d pulter man. C2. poulter's measure n. [apparently with reference to the habit of poulterers of frequently adding some extra eggs when selling a dozen eggs, making the total number either twelve or fourteen (compare quot. 1575)] Prosody (now chiefly historical) a metre consisting of lines of 12 and 14 syllables alternately; cf. short metre n. at short adj., n., and adv. Compounds 6a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > variety of > poulter's measure poulter's measure1575 short metre1718 poulterer's measure1841 1575 G. Gascoigne Certayne Notes Instr. in Posies sig. U.ij The commonest sort of verse which we vse now adayes (viz. the long verse of twelue and fourtene sillables) I know not certainly howe to name it, vnlesse I should say that it doth consist of Poulters measure, which giueth xii. for one dozen and xiiij. for another. 1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie sig. F.iiii^v When one staffe containeth but two verses, or (if they bee deuided) foure: the first or the first couple hauing twelue sillables, the other fourteene, which versifyers call Powlters measure, because so they tall[i]e their wares by dosens. 1838 E. Guest Hist. Eng. Rhythms II. iii. vi. 233 The metre..is but rarely met with, except during the sixteenth century; when it was commonly known by the name of poulter's measure, because the poulterer, as Gaskoyne tells us, ‘giveth twelve for one dozen, and fourteen for another’. 1994 Renaissance Q. 47 442 Even a poem like Gascoigne's ‘In prime of lustie years,’ composed in the deadly Poulter's Measure, acquires an unexpected suavity and lyricism when sung to the ‘Tinternell’ melody that Gascoigne specified. † poulter-pannier n. Obsolete rare a poulterer's basket. ΚΠ 1424–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 620 (MED) 1 par de Pulterpanyers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1400
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