falconry
/ˈfɔːl.kən.ɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The sport of hunting by using trained birds of prey, especially falcons and hawks.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "...looking up, I observed a very slight and graceful hawk, like a night-hawk, alternately soaring like a ripple and tumbling a rod or two over and over, showing the underside of its wings, which gleamed like a satin ribbon in the sun, or like the pearly inside of a shell. This sight reminded me of falconry and what nobleness and poetry are associated with that sport."
Etymology
From French fauconnerie.