faulcon

See also: Faulcon

English

Noun

faulcon (plural faulcons)

Obsolete form of falcon.
- 1648 Edward Coke, The Third Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England:
  On Felony for ſtealing a Faulcon.
  Every perſon that findeth any Falcon ... that is loſt of his Lords,...forthwith he ſhall bring to the Sherif of the County[.]

References

“faulcon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Middle English

Noun

faulcon

Alternative form of faucoun

Middle French

Alternative forms

faucon, falcon

Etymology

From Old French falcun.

Noun

faulcon m (plural faulcons)

falcon

Descendants

French: faucon

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