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

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary