| 单词 | tercel jerkin |
| 释义 | > as lemmastercel jerkin a. The male of any kind of hawk; in Falconry esp. of the peregrine falcon (tercel-gentle n.) and the goshawk. tercel jerkin [gyrkin n.] : see quot. 1623 at α. .Said by some to have been so called as being one-third smaller than the female bird, by others because a third egg in a nest was believed to be smaller and to produce a male bird: cf. quot. s.v. tercellene n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [noun] > type of hawk or falcon airec1330 tercelc1381 terceletc1381 lannerc1400 sakerc1400 sakeretc1400 tercel-gentle1486 lannard1530 ramage1575 tercellenea1682 ramager1686 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > male tercelc1381 terceletc1381 tercel-gentle1486 Jack1575 tercellenea1682 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco peregrinus (peregrine falcon) > male tercelc1381 terceletc1381 tercel-gentle1486 tercellenea1682 α. β. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 615/24 Tardarius, a tarcel.a1500 Chaucer's Parl. Foules 415 (MS. R. 3. 19, Trin. C.C.) Thys Royall Tarcell spake and taryed nought.a1513 W. Dunbar Ballat Abbot of Tungland in Poems (1998) I. 58 The tarsall gaif him tug for tug.a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1883) I. 303 The falcons, tarsells, and other hawkes.c1704 M. Prior Henry & Emma 110 When Emma hawks: With her of tarsels and of lures he talks.1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 84 The male is called, by falconers, a tarcel; that is, a tierce or third less than the other [sc. the female].γ. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 17 §3 Any Hawke of the brede of Englond callid Nyesse, gossehauke, tassell,..or fawcon.1545 Rates Custome House sig. biv Goshaukes the pece xiii.s. iiii.d. The tassell vi.s. viii.d.1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi viii. §2. 400 The Tassell of the Saker is called a Hobbie, or Mongrell hawk.1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Hawk The Male of an Eyess, is an Eyess-Tassel,..and of a Haggard, the Haggard-Tassel.δ. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 3 All these kynde of Hawkes, haue their Tyercelles, whiche are the male byrdes and cockes.1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Tiercel,..the same as Tassel [1678 adds] and Tercel.1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 236/1 A Tyerclet, or Tyercell of a Goshawk.1865 Cornhill Mag. May 625 Tiercels are better than falcons for magpie-hawking, as they are unquestionably quicker amongst hedgerows, and can turn in a smaller compass.c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules (MSS. 1430–) 405 And therwithal the tersel [v.rr. tarsell, tercel, tersell] gan she calle. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 701/28 Hic tercellus, a tercelle. 1486 Bk. St. Albans A iij If she be a Goshawke or Tercell that shall be reclaymed euer fede hym with washe meete at the drawyng. 1615 Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 78 I sent a Tercell of a goshawk to my cozen. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. iii. at Hawks A Gerfalcon, the male is called the Tercell Ierkin thereof. 1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 86 The falcon always means the female, and the male is called the tercel. 1842 R. Browning Count Gismond xxi And have you brought my tercel back? < as lemmas |
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