Sense file
How the sense moved
The archive follows the dated record first, then reads the social or rhetorical pressure that hardened, softened, narrowed, or reversed the word.
Older meaning
Bird in general.
Modern meaning
Domestic bird or poultry.
Research lens
The archive uses this entry as a compact map, not a complete monograph.
Meaning trail
Root
bird
Broad avian reference.
Older sense
any bird
Wild or domestic.
Now
poultry
Culinary and farm usage narrowed the range.