Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pullet \Pul"let\, n. [OE. polete, OF. polete, F. poulette, dim.
   of poule a hen, fr. L. pullus a young animal, a young fowl.
   See {Foal}, and cf. {Poult}, {Poultry}, {Pool} stake.]
   A young hen, or female of the domestic fowl.

   {Pullet sperm}, the treadle of an egg. [Obs.] --Shak.