tiercel
[
teer
-s
uh
l]
/ˈtɪər səl/
noun
,
Falconry.
1.
tercel
.
British Dictionary definitions for
tiercel
tercel
/
ˈtɜːs
ə
l
/
noun
1.
a male falcon or hawk, esp as used in falconry
Word Origin
C14: from Old French, from Vulgar Latin
tertiolus
(unattested), from Latin
tertius
third, referring to the tradition that only one egg in three hatched a male chick
tiercel
/
ˈtɪəs
ə
l
/
noun
1.
a variant of
tercel