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pullenn.Origin: Apparently a borrowing from French. Etymon: French poulain. Etymology: Apparently < Old French poulain, puleyn, polan foal, young of any animal (see poleyn n.2).The sense in English is apparently by association with Anglo-Norman pulle , poule young of any animal, Middle French poule hen (see pull n.2). Compare slightly later pullaile n., pullet n. With figurative use at sense 2 compare French poule girl (see poule n.), poulet , poulette girl (see pullet n.). Compare pullet n. 2, also pucelle n. Quots. 1329 at sense 1α. and 1459-60 at sense 1β. (in which a vernacular word occurs in a Latin context) could formally represent an Anglo-Norman word, but this sense is apparently only attested in English. Now rare (chiefly English regional ( northern) in later use). the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > member of (fowl) > collective the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > fowls > [noun] α. 1329 in J. T. Fowler (1886) II. 102 (MED) xij pullan prec. 18 d. a1450 in T. Austin (1888) 67 (MED) v disson pullayn for Gely. a1500 in (1885) 8 280 (MED) Do ordeyne you a cage atte Venyse..for lx pullene, of the whiche ye may fynde good chepe atte alle tymes be the weye. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. cccciii. 701 Mylke, chese, pulleyn, and other thynges. 1570 T. Tusser (new ed.) f. 34v Where pulleine vse nightly to pearch in the yarde. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny I. 220 To mingle hens or pullins dung especially with their meat. 1637 in M. Cash (Devon & Cornwall Rec. Soc.) New Ser. 11 (1966) 53 37 Sheepe and 11 Lambes..Two Pigges and Pulling. 1710 S. Centlivre v. 67 Your Suppers and Dinners for your Gossips wou'd confound all the Eggs and Pullen. 1725 R. Bradley at Turkey They are cur'd in the same manner as Pullen is. 1732 R. Bradley (ed. 6) 16 The sorts of the House Pullen, or common Poultry, are many. 1825 J. T. Brockett (at cited word) The Pullen market in Newcastle. 1855 E. Waugh 54 This wur his buttery, wheer he kept pullen, an' gam, an' sich like. 1870 E. Peacock II. 150 I'm not a goin' to hev' my pullen and lambs run'd away wi'. 1895 1 392 Pullen, hens. Washington Co., M[ain]e. β. 1459–60 in J. T. Fowler (1901) III. p.lv (MED) Bras. Ordii..Et lib. Nicolai Waynpayn ad coquinam pro le polan, ij qrt.c1462 in C. L. Kingsford (1919) I. 57 (MED) The seid persons..schuld take theefly xxvj s. viij d. of the godis..vj spones of silver..and a girdell with silver harnes of his susters, and divers polen.1486 sig. C ij v Take whete..and fede hennys or chykynnes therwith, and fede yowre hawke with thessame polayn.1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. xvi. 18 With right good chepe, as well of pollen, as of other vitailes.?1523 J. Fitzherbert f. xlix Gyue thy pollen meate in the mornynge.1541–2 in J. M. Bestall & D. V. Fowkes (1977) 24 3 hynys, polyn, gesse.1549 J. Cheke sig. E5v Diuerse vermine destroye corne, kyll polleyne.the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > family Phasianidae (pheasants, etc.) > genus Gallus (domestic fowl) > [noun] > member of (fowl) > young or chicken > collective 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Prol. A vij Your craven Kites press upon our Pullen, insulting over them even in our own houses, and offring to take them even from under the hens wings. 1681 N. Grew i. iv. iii. 73 Whatever they [sc. Puffins] eat in the day, they disgorge a good part of it in the night into the mouths of their Pullen. 1876 F. K. Robinson 148/1 ‘Thoo little uneasy pullen’, you tiresome child. 1928 A. E. Pease 99/1 Pullen, a pullet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1329 |