tercelet

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tercelet

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

noun tercelets · tiercelet

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;

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@misc{tercelet_2026,
  title = {tercelet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tercelet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}