falconet
Americannoun
noun
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any of various small falcons, esp any of the Asiatic genus Microhierax
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a small light cannon used from the 15th to 17th centuries
Etymology
Origin of falconet
Example Sentences
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He was always a good shot with a falconet or a mortar-piece.
From Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
A little falconet was also placed in the upper chamber.
From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Bird, Robert Montgomery
The term falcon is by sportsmen restricted to the female, the male, which is smaller and less courageous, being called tiercel, tersel, tercelet, or falconet.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
It had been pierced for only a short gun—a minion or falconet perhaps; and doubtless within three feet of him was a stone walk extending for the whole length of the wall.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Strang, Herbert
"Nay, but we started as balls shot from a falconet."
From Dreamers of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel
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