pulein1 (1121-35)

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pulein1 (1121-35)

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[ FEW: 9,541a pullus 2; Gdf: 6,347a poulain 1 /6,347b poulain 4; GdfC: 10,389c poulain; TL: 7,1369 polain; DEAF:  pol 2 (polain); DMF:  poulain 1 / poulain 2; TLF:  poulain; OED:  polaine n.1 / poleyn n.2 / pullen n.; MED:  polein(e n.1 / polein(e n.2 / pullain n.; DMLBS: 2568a pullanus 2 /2568a pullanus 3 ]
polain,  polan,  polayn,  polein,  poleine,  poleyn,  poleyne;  pulain,  pulayn,  puleyn;  pullain,  pullan,  pullayn,  pullein,  pulleyn,  polyen  205
pl. polenis  

The sense ‘poultry’ seems to be unique to English sources (also attested in Middle English and Latin), and presumably developed through association of the word with the pullet word-family (which is etymologically related).

The OED (Third edition, 2006) suggest that ‘pulley’ is a transferred use of the sense ‘foal’, rather than a separate word.

s.

1horseszool.foal, colt, young male horse
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  les yves (=mares) [...] As pulains vunt curant La u sunt hennissant  1089
( s.xiiex; MS: s.xiii2 )  En sa buche mist un frein Com hom fait a un polein  1612
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Harras dist hom des poleins (M.E. coltes)  227
( 1325 )  ount euz la disme des pulleyns de jumentz [...] del haraze de nostre seigneur le roi  i 439
( 1415-17; MS: s.xv1 )  troiez, chivalx, jumentz, pullaynz, berbez, motons  (D) 23.227
horseszool.foal, young male ass
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  Aristotil parle [...] de la nature del asne, e dit qe tant est assotee de soun jeone poleyne, qe [...]  155
( MS: s.xivm )  il prophetize le poevre roi [...] proche ly, seaunt sur le pulain, filz de asne, myse south juge  3vb
mammalszool.calf, young elephant
( s.xivin; MS: s.xivm )  Quant le oliphant va en deserte e son poleyn va suant, si il veit un homme hors de la veie, lors quide meigtenant qe le homme desire son poleyn, e pur ceo, pur lui deliver de cel homme e sauver son poleyne (var. enfaunt), trest al chymin qe geust plus procheyn pur mettre le homme en la voye  93
2orn.livestockzool.poultry bird, domestic fowl (such as chickens, geese, ducks, etc.)
( 1329 )  .xij. pullan prec. 18 d.  pullen n.
( 1459-60 )  Bras. Ordii. Et lib. Nicolai Waynpayn ad coquinam pro le polan, .ij. qrt.  pullen n.
3implementpulley, chute or slide for lowering barrels into a cellar etc.
( c.1300 )  pur un tonel de vin mener sur poleins (var. polenis) ou lotels (l. locels)  i 72
( s.xivin; MS: s.xiv1/3 )  E ensement se avise bien le cheventeyn des avauntditz beremen (=bearers, men who carry) q’il eyt poleyns (M.E. levours) e autres choses qe appendunt a soun office, dunt le people peot estre servy  184
4name(used as a surname)
( 1161 )  Bernardus Pulein  polein(e n.2
( 1297 )  John Polayn  polein(e n.2
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Ces sunt cynonimes de Mesire Willame li Pulains chevalier, et Mestre Jaques Sarasin, le ypoticaires, noveau crestien  363rubr.
pé de pulein
pé#1
puleiner un pulein
puleiner
polive 
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