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
- 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- Like falconry and all that business, it has gone out of date.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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