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eaglet|ˈiːglɪt|
Also 7 eglet.
[a. Fr. aiglette, dim. of aigle eagle; see -et1.]
a. A young eagle.
1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 68 b, This birde Ossifraga..bryngeth vp the Eaglet so cast out. 1628Wither Brit. Rememb. v. 1660 When Eglets are first taught to flye. 1795Southey Joan of Arc x. 377 Went like eaglets to the prey. 1832Tennyson Œnone 208 The callow eaglet.
b. as a charge in heraldry.
1611J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xvii. 158 On a bend gules, three Eaglets displaied. 1864Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. xiv. §1 (ed. 3) 158 The well-known Shield of Piers de Gaveston..vert, six eaglets or. |