creance

[ kree-uhns ]

noun

, Falconry.

1. a light cord attached to the leg of a hawk to prevent escape during training.

Word History and Origins

Origin of creance¹

1300–50; Middle English < Middle French < Vulgar Latin *crēdentia credence

Example Sentences

Very carefully and kindly, and with the best intentions, she wound the creance up quite wrong.

From Literature

A fine peregrine falcon, with her music jingling in the whistling wind als clear, and her creance trailing behind her, was beating along above his head toward the top of ' one of the elms.

From Literature

The creance wrapped itself three times round the nearest bough.

From Literature

At the top of the tree, toe falcon was in such a tangle with her creance--she had wound it round her neck and wings, as usual, and was under the impression that it was assaulting her that Lancelot had to let her stand on the bam hand.

From Literature

While the owl will be attached to a creance — “it’s like a zip line,” she explained — for a controlled flight, Machu will fly free.

From New York Times