falconry









falconry


noun

  1. the sport of hunting with falcons, hawks, eagles, etc.; hawking.
  2. the art of training hawks to hunt.

noun

  1. the art of keeping falcons and training them to return from flight to a lure or to hunt quarry
  2. the sport of causing falcons to return from flight to their trainer and to hunt quarry under his or her direction
n.

1570s, from French fauconnerie, from faucon (see falcon).

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