ter·cel (tûr s l) also tier·cel (tîrsl)n. A male hawk used in falconry. [Middle English, from Old French terçuel, from Vulgar Latin *terti  lus, diminutive of Latin tertius, third; see trei- in Indo-European roots.] |
tercel [ˈtɜːsəl], tiercel
n
(Individual Sports & Recreations / Falconry) a male falcon or hawk, esp as used in falconry
[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]
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