"tiercel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɜː(ɹ)səl/ Forms: tiercels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səl Etymology: From Middle English tercel, from Old French terçuel, from Late Latin tertiolus, the diminutive of Latin tertius (“third”). Sources disagree whether the connection is that the males of most species of birds of prey favoured in falconry are smaller than the females by about a third, or whether it refers to the supposition that only one egg in three yields a male. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tercel}} Middle English tercel, {{der|en|fro|terçuel}} Old French terçuel, {{der|en|LL.|tertiolus}} Late Latin tertiolus, {{der|en|la|tertius||third}} Latin tertius (“third”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tiercel (plural tiercels)
  1. (falconry) A male hawk or falcon. Categories (topical): Falconry Categories (lifeform): Accipiters, Falconids, Male animals Derived forms: tiercel gentle Related terms: formel Translations (male hawk or falcon, used in falconry): мъжки ястреб (mǎžki jastreb) (Bulgarian), tersel (Dutch), tiercelet (French), Terzel [masculine] (German), hím héja/sólyom (Hungarian), terzuolo [masculine] (Italian), terzolo [masculine] (Italian), shawk firryn [masculine] (Manx), maisz [masculine] (Polish), maiż [masculine] (Polish), maiz [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-tiercel-en-noun-1rtBcprf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: falconry, hobbies, hunting, lifestyle Synonyms: tarse, tercelet, ger-tiercel, tercel, terzel, tassel, tassell, tarcel, tarsel, tarsell, tyercel, tyercleObsolete spellings, forms and alternatives: TARCEL, TARSEL(L), TASSEL(L), TYERCEL, TYERCLE, TIERCELET, TERCELET, TYERCLET, others.[...]Otherwise it might be combined with the species name: an obsolete example is ‘Tercell of a gerfauken’ (14865), also ‘ger-tiercel’ (190059), notwithstanding jerkin having been the name for the male gyrfalcon from at latest the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries [variant]

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