ˈfalcon-ˈgentle
Also 5 falcon gent.
[After F. faucon gentil.]
The female of the peregrine falcon.
| 1393 Gower Conf. III. 147 As a gentil faucon soreth. c 1400 Mandeville (1839) xxii. 238 Gerfacouns, sparehaukes, faukons gentyls. c 1435 Torr. Portugal 479 Torent..Get her a facon jent. 1486 Bk. St. Alban's D iij b, Ther is a Fawken gentill and a Tercell gentill. 1615 Chapman Odyss. xiii. 136 Nor her winged speed The falcon-gentle could for pace exceed. 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1862) I. ii. iii. 314 The falcon gentle, with which, when properly trained, they go forth on horseback. |