tercel gentle

English

Alternative forms

tiercel gentle, tassell gent, tassell gentle, tassel-gentle

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin tertius (“third”) (for complete etymology, see tercel) + gentle (in the archaic sense of "well-born, noble"), ultimately from Latin gens (“[Roman] clan”) (for complete etymology, see gentle)^[1]^[2]

Noun

tercel gentle (plural tercel gentles or tercels gentle)

A male falcon.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
  Like as a fearefull Dove, which through the raine / Of the wide ayre her way does cut amaine, / Having farre off espyde a Tassell gent, / Which after her his nimble winges doth straine, / Doubleth her hast for feare to bee for-hent [...].
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
  O for a Falkners voice, / To lure this Tassell gentle backe againe [...].
- 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter 4, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC:
  Marry, out upon thee, foul kite, that would fain be a tercel gentle.

Translations

male falcon

Italian: terzuolo m, terzolo m
Polish: maisz (pl) m, maiż (pl) m, maiz (pl) m

References

^ Swann, Harry Kirke (1913) “Falcon Gentle or Gentile Falcon”, in A Dictionary of English and Folk-names of British Birds: With Their History, Meaning, and First Usage, and the Folk-lore, Weather-lore, Legends, Etc., Relating to the More Familiar Species‎^[1], London: Witherby & Company, →DOI, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 84
^ Walker, Adrian (2000) “Falcon Gentle; Falcon-Gentle”, in The Encyclopedia of Falconry, Lanham: Derrydale Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 33

[swann1913-1] Swann, Harry Kirke (1913) “Falcon Gentle or Gentile Falcon”, in A Dictionary of English and Folk-names of British Birds: With Their History, Meaning, and First Usage, and the Folk-lore, Weather-lore, Legends, Etc., Relating to the More Familiar Species‎^[1], London: Witherby & Company, →DOI, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 84

[walker2000-2] Walker, Adrian (2000) “Falcon Gentle; Falcon-Gentle”, in The Encyclopedia of Falconry, Lanham: Derrydale Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 33

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