单词 |
falcon-gentle |
释义 |
ˈfalcon-ˈgentle Also 5 falcon gent. [After F. faucon gentil.] The female of the peregrine falcon.
1393Gower Conf. III. 147 As a gentil faucon soreth. c1400Mandeville (1839) xxii. 238 Gerfacouns, sparehaukes, faukons gentyls. c1435Torr. Portugal 479 Torent..Get her a facon jent. 1486Bk. St. Alban's D iij b, Ther is a Fawken gentill and a Tercell gentill. 1615Chapman Odyss. xiii. 136 Nor her winged speed The falcon-gentle could for pace exceed. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) I. ii. iii. 314 The falcon gentle, with which, when properly trained, they go forth on horseback. |

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