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Synonyms for falconry


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fawl-kuh n-ree, fal-, faw-kuh n-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔl kən ri, ˈfæl-, ˈfɔ kən-

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Définition of falconry

Origin :
  • 1570s, from French fauconnerie, from faucon (see falcon).
  • As in hunting : noun the chase
Example sentences :
  • He diverted himself with rural pastimes, especially with falconry.
  • Extract from : « Sir Walter Ralegh » by William Stebbing
  • It was chiefly used as a term in falconry, and applied to hawks.
  • Extract from : « Chaucer's Works, Volume 2 (of 7) » by Geoffrey Chaucer
  • There were more than twenty falcons, of all sorts, in Vebba's falconry.
  • Extract from : « Ned, the son of Webb » by William O. Stoddard
  • The merlin when trained for falconry is usually flown at the skylark.
  • Extract from : « Glimpses of Indian Birds » by Douglas Dewar
  • Like falconry and all that business, it has gone out of date.
  • Extract from : « Nasby in Exile » by David R. Locke
  • Of course, at some excesses in falconry Conon draws the line.
  • Extract from : « Life on a Mediaeval Barony » by William Stearns Davis
  • The peregrine falcon was one of those most frequently used in falconry.
  • Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia » by Various
  • He was a great sportsman, too, and wrote a book on falconry.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of Italy » by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
  • I will get me to my drawer; in terms of falconry, my tiring.
  • Extract from : « Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. » by Francois Rabelais
  • But Beorn scowled, and one might see that his pride of falconry was hurt.
  • Extract from : « Wulfric the Weapon Thane » by Charles W. Whistler
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