ETYM AS. henn, hen, haen.
1. Adult female chicken; SYN. biddy.
2. Flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing.
3. Adult female bird.
4. Female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster.

1. A relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another SYN. level, stratum, sheet.
2. A single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance.
3. Thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells.

ETYM Old Eng. polete, Old Fren. polete, French poulette, dim. of poule a hen, from Latin pullus a young animal, a young fowl. Related to Foal, Poult, Poultry, Pool stake.
Young hen usually less than a year old.
Young hen.