gerfalcon

British  

/ -ˌfɔːkən, ˈdʒɜːˌfɔːlkən /

noun

1. a variant spelling of gyrfalcon

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Example Sentences

Then said Sir Giffroun, "Sir Le Beau Disconus, you have lost the gerfalcon."

From The Junior Classics — Volume 4 by Patten, William

Oiseaux de poing, or hand-birds, was the name given to the gosshawk, common hawk, the gerfalcon, and the merlin, because they returned to the hand of their master after having pursued game.

From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by Jacob, P. L.

And at that tournament Sir Uwaine smote down thirty knights, therefore was given him the prize, and that was a gerfalcon, and a white steed trapped with cloth of gold.

From Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

For love of his lady, who is wondrous fair, he has proclaimed that he will bestow a gerfalcon, white as a swan, on him who brings a fairer lady.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 4 by Patten, William

But pressing forward again, they came upon a gerfalcon lying, with long lunes tangled about his feet and through his breast the hole that Sir Dinar's bolt had made.

From Wandering Heath by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir