Fowl

fowl, n. a bird: a bird of the barn-door or poultry kind, a cock or hen: the flesh of fowl:— pl. Fowls , Fowl .— v.i. to kill fowls by shooting or snaring.— ns. Fowl′er , a sportsman who takes wild-fowl; Fowl′ing ; Fowl′ing-net , a net for catching birds; Fowl′ing-piece , a light gun for small-shot, used in fowling. [A.S. fugol ; Ger. vogel .]