Crossword clues for creance
creance
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Creance \Cre"ance\ (kr[=e]"ans), n. [F. cr['e]ance, lit., credence, fr. L. credere to trust. See Credence.]
Faith; belief; creed. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.(Falconry) A fine, small line, fastened to a hawk's leash, when it is first lured.
Creance \Cre"ance\ (kr[=e]"ans), v. i. & t.
To get on credit; to borrow. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) faith; belief; creed 2 (context falconry English) A long leash, or lightweight cord used to prevent escape of a hawk during training flights. vb. (context obsolete transitive English) To get on credit; to borrow.
Wikipedia
A creance is a long light cord used to tether a flying hawk or falcon during training in falconry. They are used both when the bird is young, and when the bird has been taken out of the aviary for a moult or other reasons.
The creance itself is thin, designed to be of as little inconvenience to the bird as possible. It's threaded through the swivel and tied with a falconer's knot. The creance typically extends to around 25 metres (82 feet), at which point the bird should be ready to fly free (without the use of the creance).
Usage examples of "creance".
She had been taken outside enough times on a creance to know all the places where escape might be possible.
Mais plus les imputations dirigees contre elle etaient vraisemblables, plus la creance accordee a ces imputations etait caracteristique, et attestait la ruine morale de la monarchie.
Barrick go, afraid that if she did he would somehow fly away like that half-tamed pigeonhawk she had lost when its creance snapped and it had gone spiral-mg out from her, never to return.
Now went this merchant fast and busily About his need, and buyed and creanced.