tercelettierceletn.
/ˈtəːslɪt//ˈtɪəslɪt/ = tercel n.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [noun] > type of hawk or falcon
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > male
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the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > family Falconidae > genus Falco (falcon) > falco peregrinus (peregrine falcon) > male
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1363 Rolls of Parl. II. 282/2 Quiconque persone qui troeve Faukoun, Tercelet,..ou autre Faucoun.]
c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 529 Foulis of lauyne Han chosyn..The terselet of the facoun.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Vn Sacret, the tiercelet of a Saker.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vii. xliv. 876 The faulcon, as all other birdes of pray, hath her tierselet, and they are called of the Latines Pomiliones.
1720 D. Manley Power of Love iv. 249 He made bold to present his Lordship with a very excellent Tercelet of a Faulcon.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby vi. 274 Perched on his wonted eyrie high, Sleep sealed the tercelet's wearied eye.
1852 R. F. Burton Falconry in Valley of Indus ii. 13 The tiercelet or male, is, as usual, much smaller than the female.
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