Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Poult \Poult\, n. [OF. pulte, F. poulet, dim. of poule fowl. See
   {Pullet}.]
   A young chicken, partridge, grouse, or the like. --King.
   Chapman.

         Starling the heath poults or black game. --R.
                                                  Jefferise.