goshawk

[ gos-hawk ]

/ ˈgɒsˌhɔk /

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noun

any of several powerful, short-winged hawks, as Accipiter gentilis, of Europe and America, formerly much used in falconry.

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Origin of goshawk

before 1000; Middle English goshauk,Old English gōshafoc.See goose, hawk¹

Words nearby goshawk

Görz, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Gosala, Gose, gosh, goshawk, Goshen, Goslar, gosling, go-slow, gosmore

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How to use goshawk in a sentence

The goshawk blinked and peered more close into the tired face of his master.
Stories from the Ballads|Mary MacGregor
Wide she opened her lattice window and, leaning out, she hearkened to the song of the gay goshawk.
Stories from the Ballads|Mary MacGregor
A little nearer flew the gay goshawk, and first his song was merry as a summer morn, and then it was sad as an autumn eve.
Stories from the Ballads|Mary MacGregor
And as a token of my love I send you by your gay goshawk a ring from off my finger, a wreath from off my yellow hair.
Stories from the Ballads|Mary MacGregor

Have just seen a Goshawk, apparently in young plumage, flying west at a height of perhaps sixty or seventy yards from the ground.
Bird Lore, Volume I--1899|Various

British Dictionary definitions for goshawk

goshawk

/ (ˈɡɒsˌhɔːk) /

noun

a large hawk, Accipiter gentilis, of Europe, Asia, and North America, having a bluish-grey back and wings and paler underparts: used in falconry

Word Origin for goshawk

Old English gōshafoc; see goose 1, hawk 1

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