Sarcel

Quick meaning: Sarcel is a noun meaning One of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird, especially a hawk.

Meaning

One of the outer pinions or feathers of the wing of a bird, especially a hawk.

Example Sentences

If a ſarcell, or other feathers be broken aboue the quyll, towards the poynt of yͤ fethers twoo or three fingers bredth, you muſt cut it off with a ſharpe penknife, aſlope, and (as they ſay) a ſwaſhe, ⁊ then take another feather to the ſame, cutting it in like manner, as you did the other, ſo as it may fitte with yͤ ſame feather, both for length and cutte.

Word Forms

• sarcels

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pinion, beam, principal, parapterum, grail, brail.

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