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tercel gentle

noun

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin tertius (“third”) (for complete etymology, see tercel) + gentle (in the archaic sense of "well-born, noble"), ultimately from Latin gens (“[Roman] clan”) (for complete etymology, see gentle)

  1. derived from gens
  2. derived from tertius

Definitions

  1. A male falcon.

    • Like as a fearefull Dove, which through the raine / Of the wide ayre her way does cut amaine, / Having farre off espyde a Tassell gent, / Which after her his nimble winges doth straine, / Doubleth her hast for feare to bee for-hent [...].
    • O for a Falkners voice, / To lure this Tassell gentle backe againe [...].
    • Marry, out upon thee, foul kite, that would fain be a tercel gentle.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA