| 释义 |
falconry|ˈfɔːkənrɪ|
[a. F. fauconnerie: see falcon and -ry.]
a. The branch of knowledge concerned with the sport of hawking, and the breeding and training of hawks.
b. Occasionally, the practice of hawking.
a.1575Turberville (title) The Booke of Falconrie. 1626T. H. tr. Caussin's Holy Crt. 62 You haue a certayne bird in the mistery of Faulconry, called the Hobby. a1682Sir T. Browne Tracts 117 The Greeks understood little or nothing of our falconry. 1828J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking 1 The Art of Falconry is in danger of being entirely lost.
b.1818Hallam Mid. Ages ix. §1 (ed. 2) III. 361 Falconry..became from the fourth century an equally delightful occupation. 1869Gillmore Reptiles & Birds 206 Falconry afforded a..picturesque sport to the great. |