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hack board

American  

noun

  1. Falconry. a board or platform at which hawks being flown at hack are fed.


Etymology

Origin of hack board

First recorded in 1890–95

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Trainers put young unleashed birds who are just learning to fly and hunt on a hack board, a sort of artificial nest.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Screamer shuttled between Bovina and Perry’s hack board for almost a week.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Remembering Perry’s food-laden hack board, he returned to it late in the morning, ate well, and departed.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Screamer saw the food on the hack board and flew to it.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Screamer, on the hack board, saw the shadow above him and instinctively crouched.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

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