Falconry

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  • noun. Hunting of game with falcons.
  • noun. The art of training falcons for hunting.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The art of training falcons to attack wild fowl or game.
  • noun. The sport of pursuing wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks. Commonly called hawking.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game.
  • noun. The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey, especially falcons and hawks.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the art of training falcons to hunt and return
  • Word Usage
    "After this I was taken to a new toy of his and the Squire's, which he termed the falconry, where there were several unhappy birds in durance, completing their education."
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