passage hawk


noun
  1. a young hawk during its first migration.

  2. Falconry. a hawk captured during its migration.

Origin of passage hawk

1
First recorded in 1820–30

Words Nearby passage hawk

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How to use passage hawk in a sentence

  • We have seen that passage hawk means properly a hawk caught during the period of her first migration southwards.

  • And the superiority of the passage hawk over the eyess is more marked in this flight than in game-hawking.

  • Yet it must not be inferred from this that every nestling is as likely to kill grouse or partridges as well as a passage hawk.

  • But to overfeed a passage hawk before putting her up to wait on, is to court the loss of her.

  • If he has never had occasion to do so in training his passage hawk he has been exceptionally lucky.

British Dictionary definitions for passage hawk

passage hawk

passager hawk

/ (ˈpæsɪdʒə) /


noun
  1. a young hawk or falcon caught while on migration: Compare eyas, haggard 1 (def. 4)

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