noun
(also hen's flesh)
1The flesh or meat of a hen.
2British, Midlands English, Scottish dialect, rare A state of the skin caused by cold, fear, or excitement, in which small bumps appear on the surface as the hairs become erect. Compare "goose-flesh", chicken flesh .
With allusion to the appearance of the skin of a plucked chicken.
Origin
Late Middle English. In some forms from hen + flesh.
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