Tercelet
Alternative forms
Origin
From tercel.
Full definition of tercelet
Noun
tercelet
(plural tercelets)- A male falcon, especially a peregrine falcon or goshawk; a tercel.
- 1999, Geoffrey Lester, Chaucer in Perspective: Middle English Essays, page 110:In the Squire's Tale this is expressed in avian terms when the tercelet flies off with a kite;