gerfalcon
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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All men said that Giffroun had lost the white gerfalcon; and they bore him into the town upon his shield.
From The Junior Classics — Volume 4 by Patten, William
The cut below exhibits the conventional effigy of a gerfalcon as sculptured over one of the gates of Iconium, Polo's Conia.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry
At every hour I call him back by thoughts: A rebel he, like gerfalcon insane, He feels no more the hand that did restrain, And is gone forth not to return again.
From The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori) Part the First An Ethical Poem by Williams, L.
Then said Sir Giffroun, "Sir Le Beau Disconus, you have lost the gerfalcon."
From The Junior Classics — Volume 4 by Patten, William
A gerfalcon, a tercell of gerfalcon are due to a king.
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
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