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Definition of Falcon-gentil
1. Noun. Female falcon especially a female peregrine falcon.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Falcon-gentil
Literary usage of Falcon-gentil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Zoology by Thomas Pennant (1818)
"The falcon, the falcon gentil, and the haggard, are made distinct specie«, whereas
they form only one : this is explained by a French author, ..."
2. Supplement to the Ornithological Dictionary, Or Synopsis of British Birds.by George Montagu by George Montagu (1813)
"Dr. Shaw says he has heard it maintained, on the faith of an eminent Falconer,
that the Falcon Gentil is in reality no other than a young or incomplete ..."
3. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1875)
"60 ; method of training up this bird; falconry, much disused among us, was a
principal amusement of our ancestors; the falcon-gentil and the peregrine much ..."
4. The General Genteel Preceptor by Francis Fitzgerald (1797)
"The falcon-gentil, and the peregrine-falcon, are much lefe than the gyr, and
about the fize of a raven. The falcon-gentil moults in March, ..."
5. A cyclopædia of biblical literature, ed. by J. Kitto edited by John Kitto (1845)
"... and the Falcon Gentil, ... Al-Shaheen, the Doctor himself asserts to be the
Falcon Gentil; 4. ..."
6. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1806)
"... the goss- hawk to a hare, the sparrow-hawk to a partridge, and the falcon-gentil
to a crow ; and at the same tiim they must be rendered so docile, ..."
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