tercelet

noun

1. A male falcon, especially a peregrine falcon or goshawk; a tiercel.

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

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English tercelet, from Old French tercelet; equivalent to tiercel + -et.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry tercelet (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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