Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A selection. · An organized killing of selected animals. · An individual animal selected to be killed, or item of produce to be discarded. · A lobster having only one claw.
To pick or take someone or something (from a larger group). · To gather, collect. · To select (animals, plants, etc) from a group and then kill (them) in order to reduce the numbers of the group in a controlled manner. · To kill (an animal, person, etc) for any reason.
From Middle English cullen, cuilen, coilen, from Old French cuillir (“collect, gather, select”), from Latin colligō (“gather together”). Doublet of coil.
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