tercelet
- a variation of tercel.
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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
The "sperhawke," the "gentle tercelet," and the "ermelon," severally reply in high scorn to the goose, to the duck, who seconds the goose, and to the cuckoo.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
No tercelet for her, but the fiercest goshawk that e’er seized quarry.
From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by De Land, Clyde Osmer
The birds of prey depute "the tercelet of the faucon."
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
