pullen

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English poleyn, from Old French polain (modern French poulain), from Late Latin pullāmen; compare pullet. === Noun === pullen (uncountable) (obsolete) domestic fowl; poultry c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665): The palsie plagues my pulseswhen I prigg yoͬ: piggs or pullenyour culuers take, or matchles makeyour Chanticleare or sullen (obsolete) the meat from a domestic fowl (obsolete) the young of a bird, or, figuratively, human children == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Noun === pullen plural of pul == Middle English == === Alternative forms === pule, poule === Etymology === From Old English pullian (“to pull, draw, tug, pluck off”), of uncertain ultimate origin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpulən/ === Verb === pullen to pull ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: pull Scots: pul, pow ⇒ Yola: poulee ==== References ==== “pullen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.