faulcon

See also: Faulcon

English

Noun

faulcon (plural faulcons)

1. 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

1. Alternative form of faucoun

Middle French

Alternative forms

• faucon, falcon

Etymology

From Old French falcun.

Noun

faulcon m (plural faulcons)

1. falcon

Descendants

• French: faucon