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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Middle English

Noun

faulcon

  1. Alternative form of faucoun

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French falcun.

Noun

faulcon m (plural faulcons)

  1. falcon

Descendants
  • French: faucon
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