Crossword-Solution: FALCONRY
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Falconry | n. | The art of training falcons or hawks to pursue and attack wild fowl or game. |
| Falconry | n. | The sport of taking wild fowl or game by means of falcons or hawks. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| FALCONRY | anagram | CANFLYOR |
We have 5 clues for the answer “FALCONRY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Sport involving birds | 1 answer |
| art of training falcons | 1 answer |
| Hawking | 3 answers |
| Hunting | 37 answers |
| Hunt | 53 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with FALCONRY (5)
There is the same variety of character, the same diversity of story, the same copiousness of incident, the same research into costume, the same display of heraldry, falconry, minstrelsy, scenery, monkery, witchery, devilry, robbery, poachery, piracy, fishery, gipsy-astrology, demonology, architecture, fortification, castrametation, navigation; the same running base of love and battle.
This is the grand old Henry, called, "the Fowler" _(Heinrich der Vogler),_ because he was in his _Vogelheerde_ (Falconry or Hawk-establishment, seeing his Hawks fly) in the upland Hartz Country, when messengers came to tell him that the German Nation, through its Princes and Authorities assembled at Fritzlar, had made him King; and that he would have dreadful work henceforth.
The Bishop was as steeped in the lore of falconry as the King, and the others smiled as the two wrangled hard over disputed and technical questions: if an eyas trained in the mews can ever emulate the passage hawk taken wild, or how long the young hawks should be placed at hack, and how long weathered before they are fully reclaimed.
Falconry was the favourite pastime of the kings and nobles of the time; indeed, everybody found it very exciting to watch the long struggle in the air between the trained falcon and its prey, as each bird tried every skill of wing and talon that it knew.
His great delight, however, was in sylvan sports and exercises, with horses, hawks, and hounds, being passionately fond of hunting and falconry, so as to pass weeks together in sporting campaigns among the mountains.
Quotes with FALCONRY (1)
Spleen Je suis comme le roi d'un pays pluvieux, Riche, mais impuissant, jeune et pourtant très vieux, Qui, de ses précepteurs méprisant les courbettes, S'ennuie avec ses chiens comme avec d'autres bêtes. Rien ne peut l'égayer, ni gibier, ni faucon, Ni son peuple mourant en face du balcon. Du bouffon favori la grotesque ballade Ne distrait plus le front de ce cruel malade; Son lit fleurdelisé se transforme en tombeau, Et les dames d'atour, pour qui tout prince est beau, Ne sav…
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Appears in: NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (2004–2009).