heroner

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English

Etymology

From Middle English heroner, from Anglo-Norman heroner. By surface analysis, heron +‎ -er.

Noun

heroner (plural heroners)

  1. (historical) A hawk used in hunting herons.
    • 1817, Daniel Lysons, Samuel Lysons, Magna Britannia, volume 5: Derbyshire, page 184:
      Brough-mill, which in the reign of Edward III. belonged to the family of Strelley, was then held by the service of attending the King on horseback whenever he should come into Derbyshire, carrying a heroner (or heron-falcon [footnote: Falco heronarius]).
    • 1845, The Metropolitan, volume 42, London: Saunders and Otley, page 101:
      Whilst the sound yet lingered above their heads, came another band, of falconers and huntsmen, prickers and varlets, with hawk and heroner, hound and spaniel, so many and well-appointed, that they seemed like a little army.
    • 1897, D. H. Madden, The Diary of Master William Silence: A study of Shakespeare & of Elizabethan sport, published 1969, page 213:
      Old Joan was a noted heroner. She was never flown at any other quarry, and she had been brought out on the chance of finding a heron at siege.

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Noun

heroner

  1. a hawk used in hunting herons
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