PULLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pullet mean? 

• PULLET (noun)
  The noun PULLET has 2 senses:

1. flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying

2. young hen usually less than a year old

  Familiarity information: PULLET used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PULLET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

frier; fryer; pullet

Hypernyms ("pullet" is a kind of...):

chicken; poulet; volaille (the flesh of a chicken used for food)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Young hen usually less than a year old

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pullet" is a kind of...):

biddy; hen (adult female chicken)

 Context examples 

I could pull you limb from limb like a pullet.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is most like a plucked pullet which has died of the spotted fever.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“There is a goodly hostel near the west gate, which is famed for the stewing of spiced pullets,” remarked Sir Oliver.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Pullets?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I know not about that, said the smith; but I know that a man with a gray palmer's hat and gown was here no very long time ago, and that he sat on yonder stump and ate a cold pullet and drank a flask of wine.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For pullets.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Not a pullet shall we see until we are in front of them; so I shall leave my Winchester runagates to the care of the provost-marshal, and I shall hie south with you, Nigel, with my truffles at my saddle-bow.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)