| 单词 | haggard tiercel |
| 释义 | > as lemmashaggard tiercel haggard tiercel n. Falconry an adult male hawk, either living wild or caught for training when already in its adult plumage. ΚΠ 1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. 28/1 The Male of an Eyess, is an Eyess Tassel; of a Brancher, a Brancher Tassel; of a Lentiner, a Lentiner Tassel; of the Soar or Ramage-Hawk, the Soar Tassel; and of a Haggard, the Haggard Tassel. 1812 W. Smellie & W. Wood tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. Gen. & Particular XI. 191 It appears that the Sorrel Tiercel of the Sparrow-hawk..differs from the Haggard Tiercel. 1865 Cornhill Mag. May 623 We have a haggard tiercel and a haggard falcon; also two eyas falcons; all are up to their work, and have been well entered to rooks. 2003 F. M. Bond in T. J. Cade & W. Burnham Return of Peregrine xvi. 282/1 He paired her with a lame-winged haggard tiercel found under a power-line tower. < as lemmas |
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