ˈgame-fowl
[f. game n. + fowl n.]
a. A fowl of some species regarded as game: see game n. 11. b. A domestic fowl of the species used in cock-fighting.
| 1784 Cowper Task iii. 312 Should never game-fowl hatch her eggs again, Nor baited hook deceive the fish's eye. 1867 Tegetmeier Poultry Bk. xii. 123 The..superiority of the Game fowls bred in England has been entirely due to the practice of cock-fighting. |