ETYM Old Eng. foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel, AS. fugol.
(Homonym: foul).
Chicken or chickenlike bird. Sometimes the term is also used for ducks and geese. The red jungle fowl Gallus gallus is the ancestor of all domestic chickens. It is a forest bird of Asia, without the size or egg-laying ability of many domestic strains. Guinea fowl are of African origin.

(Homonym: foul).
1. To hunt fowl.
2. To hunt fowl, as in the forest.