[poo
l-it] 
| a young hen, less than one year old. |
| pul·let (pŏŏl'ĭt) n. A young domestic hen, usually one that is less than one year old. [Middle English pulet, from Old French polet, diminutive of poul, cock, and poule, hen, both from Latin pullus, young fowl, young animal, chicken; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots.] |