The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cancelier \Can`cel*ier"\, Canceleer \Can"cel*eer\, n. (Falconry) The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop. [Obs.]
The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the
skies,
Make sundry canceliers ere they the fowl can reach.
--Drayton.
Cancelier \Can`cel*ier"\, v. i. [F. chanceler, OF. canseler, to
waver, orig. to cross the legs so as not to fall; from the
same word as E. cancel.] (Falconry)
To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk. [Obs.]
--Nares.
He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced
To cancelier.
--Massinger.
Wiktionary
vb. (context intransitive of a bird of prey English) To turn in flight.
Usage examples of "cancelier".
Over coffee in the hotel Cancelier he told her of the family in Douski he hadn't seen for four years.