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Definition of Tercelet
1. Noun. Male hawk especially male peregrine or gyrfalcon.
Definition of Tercelet
1. n. A male hawk or eagle; a tiercelet.
Definition of Tercelet
1. Noun. A male falcon, especially a peregrine falcon or goshawk; a tercel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tercelet
1. tercel [n -S] - See also: tercel
Medical Definition of Tercelet
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tercelet
Literary usage of Tercelet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of the Canterbury Pilgrims by Geoffrey Chaucer, Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton (1914)
"... MAGIC GIFTS AND THE FALSE tercelet AT Sarray, in the land of Tartary, there
once dwelt a king who made war on Russia, and did many other deeds of valor. ..."
2. Courtly Love in Chaucer and Gower by William George Dodd (1913)
"This churlish prating is too much for the tercelet: " Now fy, cherl! ... Here the
tercelet merely gives expression to the feelings entertained by the ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Assented were to this conclusion, The birdes all: and foules of ravine Have chosen
first by plaine election, The tercelet of the faucon to define All liir ..."
4. The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: With an Essay on His Language and by Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Tyrwhitt (1843)
"For sith it may not here discussed be Who loveth her best, as said the tercelet,
Than woll I done this favour to her, that she • Shall have right him on ..."
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