Definition of "poult"

poult

/pɒlt/

noun
plural poults
1. A young bird, a chick; now especially, a young game bird (turkey, partridge, grouse etc.).
  Quotations
  ‘I even questioned,’ said he, ‘whether there will not be, in about a week's time, some nice turkey powts.’
  1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 82
  After an hour of fishing I saw a flock of turkeys on the opposite bank and shot one of the poults.
  2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 19