tercelet

English

Alternative forms

• tiercelet

Etymology

From tercel.

Noun

tercelet (plural tercelets)

1. A male falcon, especially a peregrine falcon or goshawk; a tercel.
   • 1999, Geoffrey Lester, Chaucer in Perspective: Middle English Essays, page 110:

     In the Squire's Tale this is expressed in avian terms when the tercelet flies off with a kite;

Anagrams

• electret

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Middle English

Noun

tercelet

1. tercelet
   • late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Squire's Tale”, in Canterbury Tales:

     Tho dwelte a tercelet me faste by, / That semed welle of alle gentillesse