Crossword clues for tercel
tercel
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"male falcon," late 14c., from Old French tercel (c.1200), from Medieval Latin tertiolus, from Latin tertius "third, a third," from root of tres "three" (see three). Various theories as to why it is called this; one says it's because the males are a third smaller than the females, another because a third egg in the nest (smaller than the other two) is believed always to produce a male bird.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (alternative form of tiercel English) 2 (alternative form of terzel English) 3 (alternative form of tassel English) 4 (alternative form of tassell English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "tercel".
You naughty boy, I would fly the tercel at a hern, but you and Hasting never give a poor girl a chance, and we of Kitel must content ourselves with duck or partridge.
The tercel before him lay running the links of the halter through his talons, eyeing the crescent-moon shaped browpiece with interest.
Lell wheeled unsteadily, spied the gryphon tercel floating half submerged in the clear surface of the mere, which was littered with milkwood flowers, she saw.
The males are tercels, an old world meaning "a third smaller", Terran birds of prey.