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单词 tercel
例句 tercel
A wild tercel, the male peregrine falcon, passed overhead. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Because,” I answer softly, “she can breed. I saw her flirt with a tercel last spring. She will have young. There will be wild peregrines on the cliffs again.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
The tercel circles the tree and grows calmer as we descend. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
The red eyes of the tercel flash as he comes at me. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
The tercel ignores them and climbs, it seems to me, into the very stratosphere. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Tiercel.—The male of various falcons, particularly of the peregrine, also tarcell, tassell or tercel; the term is also applied to the male of the goshawk. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z
Ere long Mer made exhibition of her high strain and training—for the little falcon was also a female—sufficient to prove herself neither tercel nor haggard. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z
The tassel, or tercel, was the male of the peregrine falcon, and was noted for its docility and gentleness. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition
The only difference being, that the victim then was a tercel gentle, and now it would be a white dove. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution
Earl Richard just permitted his jewelled fingers to touch Philippa’s velvet hood, saying carelessly,—“Our Lady keep thee!—I cry you mercy, fair son; the lesser tercel is far stronger on the wing.” The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel
Why, marry this; that he is at large, and hath a lure for your young Charlie there that will bring him from his perch on the rock yonder, and mew the tercel in London town. St George's Cross
These he fastened firmly together, and set them securely within that window, by which the tercel would come to his lady. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
Shakespeare tells us to choose "a falcon or tercel for flying at the brook, and a hawk for the bush." A Cotswold Village
For their pleasure and sport Guivret caused to be taken with them rich falcons, both young and moulted, many a tercel and sparrow-hawk, and many a setter and greyhound. Four Arthurian Romances
The two birds of prey which the men brought were moreover not the type of hawk used especially to hunt pigeons, but young falcons or tercels. Masters of the Guild
Continually birds of various sorts were flushed, and each was pursued by the appropriate hawk, the snipe by the tercel, the partridge by the goshawk, even the lark by the little merlin. Sir Nigel
Whilst the lady yet wondered upon him, the tercel became a young and comely knight before her eyes. French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
"Who well loves, late forgets;" the refrain of the roundel inculcates the duty of constancy, which has been imposed on the three tercels by the decision of the Court. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems
The falcon as the tercel, for all the ducks i' th' river. Troilus and Cressida
Two wild hawks, beating up from the south, spied the pigeons, and pounced one upon the tercel with the dove in his talons, the other upon Clair de la Lune. Masters of the Guild
The ruffled and bewildered tercels were whistled back, and neither Garin de Biterres nor his prisoners could be certain in the gathering twilight whether any of the pigeons had escaped their pursuers. Masters of the Guild
Roger had gone off with the squires after a tercel of which great things were expected, but Sir Walter Giffard, coming up just then, caught sight of his daughter's woe-begone face. Masters of the Guild
"Formel," strictly or originally applied to the female of the eagle and hawk, is here used generally of the female of all birds; "tercel" is the corresponding word applied to the male. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems
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