lanneret
(ˈlænərɪt)
Forms: 5 lanret(t, 5–6 lanerette, 6 lanaret, 6–9 laneret, (6 -at), 7 lannaret, 7– lanneret.
[ad. OF. and F. laneret in same sense.]
The male of the lanner.
| 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 339 Hawkes that be called lanerettes [printed lauerettes]. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 286/2 Lanret, hauke, tardarius. 1486 Bk. St. Albans D iv, Ther is a Lanare and a Lanrell [? read Lanrett]. And theys belong to a Squyer. 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 17 Laner lanerette or fawcon. 1575 Turberv. Faulconrie 125 The myllane and the lanerette. 1637 T. Morton New Eng. Canaan (1883) 196 At my first arrivall in those parts [I] practised to take a Lannaret, which I reclaimed. 1838 J. P. Kennedy Rob of Bowl xiv. 151 The falcone [was] bent to fly the cast of lanerets. |