falcon-gentle
[ fawl-kuhn-jen-tl, fal-, faw-kuhn- ]
noun
the female peregrine falcon.
any female falcon.
Origin of falcon-gentle
11350–1400; translation of French faucon gentil; replacing Middle English gentil fauco(u)n, facon jent, etc.
Words Nearby falcon-gentle
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How to use falcon-gentle in a sentence
The Shaheen or Falcon Gentle, flies at a more dangerous game.
Thalaba the Destroyer | Robert SoutheyThis is disheartening conduct, quite unworthy of a ladylike or gentlemanly hawk, and disgraceful in a falcon-gentle.
The Art and Practice of Hawking | Edward B. MichellThere is a falcon gentle and a tercell gentle; and these be for a prince.
The Curiosities of Heraldry | Mark Antony Lower
British Dictionary definitions for falcon-gentle
falcon-gentle
noun
falconry a female falcon, esp a female peregrine falcon
Origin of falcon-gentle
1C14: from Old French faucon-gentil literally: noble falcon
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