Emily Dickinson Lexicon

POUL'TRY, n. [from Fr. poule, a hen, dim. poulet; It. pollo, a chicken; pollame, poultry; Sp. polla; L. pullus, a chicken, or other young animal; allied to Eng. foal; W. ebawl, eboles, a filly or colt; It. pollare, to sprout, L. pullulo.]

Domestic fowls which are propagated and fed for the table, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkies, ducks and geese.