Fowl

Definition of Fowl

Pronunciation: foul

Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.

Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air.

- Gen. i. 26.

Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not.

- Matt. vi. 26.

Like a flight of fowl
Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts.

- Shak.

Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus).

Barndoor fowl
a fowl that frequents the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen.

v. i.

To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc.

[imp. & p. p. Fowled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fowling.]

Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl.

- Blackstone.

Fowling piece
a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use of small shot in killing birds or small quadrupeds.

Related Words

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