tiercel
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tiercel
- /ˈtɜː(ɹ)səl/
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)səl
Where it comes from
From Middle English tercel, from Old French terçuel, from Late Latin tertiolus, the diminutive of Latin tertius (“third”). Sources disagree whether the connection is that the males of most species of birds of prey favoured in falconry are smaller than the females by about a third, or whether it refers to the supposition that only one egg in three yields a male.
noun tiercels · tercel · terzel · tassel · tassell · tarcel
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A male hawk or falcon.
In this wise, the glossy bright-eyed kestrel, whom tiercels’ training could not reclaim, shook off silver bells, and velvet hood, and broidered jesses; and fled away—to consort, henceforward for evermore, with gleds, and hawks, and such birds of prey as make their nests deep in Bohemian forests, or
Similar: tarse, tercelet, ger-tiercel
Translations
Talk about this word "tiercel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tiercel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tiercel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tiercel "tiercel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tiercel.Cite this
@misc{tiercel_2026,
title = {tiercel},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tiercel},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
