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au vol

American  
[oh vol] / oʊ ˈvɒl /

noun

Falconry.

  1. a cry used to encourage a hawk to fly.

Etymology

Origin of au vol

< French: to the flight. See volley

Example Sentences

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She acts well and naturally, and with intelligence, without exerting herself; she has the happy faculty of understanding and seizing things au vol, instead of studying them.

From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by Hegermann-Lindencrone, L. de (Lillie de)

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