creance

[ kree-uhns ]

noun

, Falconry.

1. a light cord attached to the leg of a hawk to prevent escape during training.

Word History and Origins

Origin of creance¹

1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Vulgar Latin *crēdentia credence

Example Sentences

Possibly she has never once suspected the existence of the creance.

From Project Gutenberg

This lure will have a fairly long creance to it; and you will keep hold all the time of the end of the line.

From Project Gutenberg

Of course for all the early out-door lessons the hawk will be secured by a creance.

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