'Barnyard fowl' definitions:

Definition of 'Barnyard fowl'

From: GCIDE
  • Fowl \Fowl\ (foul), n.
  • Note: Instead of the pl. Fowls the singular is often used collectively. [OE. foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel, AS. fugol; akin to OS. fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal, Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel, f[*a]gel, Goth. fugls; of unknown origin, possibly by loss of l, from the root of E. fly, or akin to E. fox, as being a tailed animal.]
  • 1. Any bird; esp., any large edible bird. [1913 Webster]
  • Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air. --Gen. i. 26. [1913 Webster]
  • Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not. --Matt. vi. 26. [1913 Webster]
  • Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus). [1913 Webster]
  • Barndoor fowl, or Barnyard fowl, a fowl that frequents the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen. [1913 Webster]