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单词 falconry
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falconryn.

Brit. /ˈfɔː(l)k(ə)nri/, /ˈfɒlk(ə)nri/, /ˈfalk(ə)nri/, U.S. /ˈfælkənri/
Etymology: < French fauconnerie: see falcon n. and -ry suffix.
a. The branch of knowledge concerned with the sport of hawking, and the breeding and training of hawks.
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1575 Turberville (title) The Booke of Falconrie.
1626 T. Hawkins tr. N. Caussin Holy Court I. 62 You haue a certayne bird in the mistery of Faulconry, called the Hobby.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) v. 118 The Greeks understood..little or nothing of our Falconry.
1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 1 The Art of Falconry is in danger of being entirely lost.
b. Occasionally, the practice of hawking.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [noun]
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1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. ix. 457 Falconry..became from the fourth century an equally delightful occupation.
1869 P. Gillmore tr. G. L. Figuier Reptiles & Birds 206 Falconry afforded a..picturesque sport to the great.
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