galeny

English

Etymology

From Latin gallīna (“hen”).

Noun

galeny (plural galenies)

  1. (UK, archaic, West Country) A guinea fowl.
    • 1829, Caroline Bowles Southey, Chapters on Churchyards (page 114)
      From the dairy we passed into the poultry-yard; and there I was introduced to a train of milk-white turkeys, and fowls of the same colour, a few bantams, and three galenies, Mrs. Helen's especial favourites, […]

References
  • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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