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单词 make-hawk
释义 ˈmake-hawk Falconry.
[See make v.1 45.]
A hawk employed to teach young ones.
1575Turberv. Faulconrie 113 If at þe first you inure hir with a make hawke a good Hearoner.1674N. Cox Gentl. Recreat. (1677) 205 Never fly your Faulcon again at a Hern unless with a Make-hawk well entred.1773J. Campbell Mod. Falconry 262. 1852 R. F. Burton Falconry in Valley Indus v. 61 note, A make-hawk is a staunch bird, or one accustomed to fly at a particular kind of game, used to ‘head the pack’ when more than a cast are thrown up at once.1891Harting Bibl. Accipitr. 226.
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