单词 | accipitrary |
释义 | accipitraryn. Now archaic and historical. A person who keeps and trains hawks or falcons; a falconer. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > falconer > [noun] > keeper or trainer of hawks falconerc1440 accipitrary1633 under-falconer1660 1633 T. Nash Quaternio 35 To heare an Accipitrary relate againe, how he went forth in a cleare, calme, & Sun-shine Evening. 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xv. 282 Accipitraries, seven or eight, with spaniels and red setting-dogs. 2008 Guardian 1 Sept. 27/4 An accipitrary, it says, was a falconer, and a bang beggar an official who controlled how long a stranger was permitted to stay in an area. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1633 |
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