goshawk

[ gos-hawk ]

noun

1. any of several powerful, short-winged hawks, as Accipiter gentilis, of Europe and America, formerly much used in falconry.

goshawk

/ ˈɡɒsˌhɔːk /

noun

1. a large hawk, Accipiter gentilis, of Europe, Asia, and North America, having a bluish-grey back and wings and paler underparts: used in falconry

Word History and Origins

Origin of goshawk¹

before 1000; Middle English goshauk, Old English gōshafoc. See goose, hawk ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of goshawk¹

Old English gōshafoc; see goose ¹, hawk ¹

Example Sentences

The goshawk blinked and peered more close into the tired face of his master.

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Wide she opened her lattice window and, leaning out, she hearkened to the song of the gay goshawk.

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A little nearer flew the gay goshawk, and first his song was merry as a summer morn, and then it was sad as an autumn eve.

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And as a token of my love I send you by your gay goshawk a ring from off my finger, a wreath from off my yellow hair.

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Have just seen a Goshawk, apparently in young plumage, flying west at a height of perhaps sixty or seventy yards from the ground.

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