Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sarcel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sar-cel
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird, especially a hawk.

Example Sentences

"If a ſarcell, or other feathers be broken aboue the quyll, towards the poynt of yͤ fethers twoo or three fingers bredth, you muſt cut it off with a ſharpe penknife, aſlope, and (as they ſay) a ſwaſhe, ⁊ then take another feather to the ſame, cutting it in like manner, as you did the other, ſo as it may fitte with yͤ ſame feather, both for length and cutte."

Etymology

From Old French cercel, French cerceau, Latin circellus, diminutive of circulus. See circle.

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: cercel, cerceau, circellus

Inflected Forms

sarcels (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

sarcelled sarcelly

Questions

What does sarcel mean?: One of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird, especially a hawk.
Where does sarcel come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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