falcon-gentlen.
/ˈfɔː(l)k(ə)nˌdʒɛntl/, /ˈfɒlk(ə)nˌdʒɛntl/, /ˈfalk(ə)nˌdʒɛntl/, U.S. /ˈfælkənˌdʒɛn(t)əl/ The female of the peregrine falcon.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco peregrinus (peregrine falcon) > female
falcona1250
falcon-gentlec1400
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (1839) xxii. 238 Gerfacouns, sparehaukes, faukons gentyls.
1486 Bk. St. Alban's D iij b Ther is a Fawken gentill and a Tercell gentill.
a1500 (?a1400) Sir Torrent of Portyngale (1887) l. 479 Torrent..Get her a facon jent.
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xiii. 136 Nor her winged speed The falcon-gentle could for pace exceed.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 84 The Falcon Gentle, with which, when properly trained, they go forth on horseback.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.c1400