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tercelet

noun

tercelet

noun

Etymology Inherited from Middle English tercelet, from Old French tercelet; equivalent to tiercel + -et.

1

A male falcon, especially a peregrine falcon or goshawk; a tiercel.

  • In the Squire's Tale this is expressed in avian terms when the tercelet flies off with a kite;1999, Geoffrey Lester, Chaucer in Perspective: Middle English Essays, page 110:

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