he recommended that the patient should be fed with chicken broth, and suggested that as all the poultry had gone to roost, Maggie would find a fat young pullet an easy capture.
[ 'pu-l&t ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English polet young fowl, from Middle French poulet, from Old French, diminutive of poul cock, from Late Latin pullus, from Latin, young of an animal, chicken, sprout; more at FOAL.