au vol

[oh vol]

noun

Falconry.

1. a cry used to encourage a hawk to fly.

Word History and Origins

Origin of au vol¹

< French: to the flight. See volley

Example Sentences

She acts well and naturally, and with intelligence, without exerting herself; she has the happy faculty of understanding and seizing things au vol, instead of studying them.

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