pultrie

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === pultrye, pultre, pulterye, pultry, pultery === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French pouleterie; equivalent to pulet +‎ -erie or pulter +‎ -ie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌpult(ə)ˈriː(ə)/, /ˈpult(ə)riː(ə)/ === Noun === pultrie (uncountable) Poultry (chickens, geese, or similar birds kept for their products) A location for the marketing and retail of domesticated fowl or poultry. The portion of a noble estate dedicated to managing poultry. (rare) A chicken coop or analogous structure; a place where poultry is kept. ==== Descendants ==== English: poultry Scots: pootry, poutrie Yola: pultry ==== References ==== “pultrīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 18 January 2019.