Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Hawking; falconry.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of falcon.
  • noun falconry

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Examples

  • Break out the bucket list: Ancient sports like falconing and mace-swinging are making a comeback around the world.

    A Whole Other Ball Game Heidi Mitchell 2012

  • My father in law works with a guy who comes down to Madison to catch hawks for falconing.

    You think because a chimpanzee knows you, he doesn't hate you? Ann Althouse 2009

  • Why else would Bush agree to spend time falconing when a visit to a U.S. aircraft carrier just up the road would have been the right presidential thing to do.

    Amb. Marc Ginsberg: That Saudi Funded West Wing?? 2008

  • SheikMo: with whom he may have been falconing at the time.

    Danielle Crittenden: The President's Secret IMs: A Prince, a Party Gurl, and a Storm in a Port 2008

  • Just casually mention you plan on falconing, and for the first time in years, they'll pay attention to you -- not the Xbox.

    Falcon Crest 2007

  • If you get around to outfitting that dream Airstream for your falconing?

    Airstream 2007

  • GREG SIMKINS, CONSERVATION MANAGER: This is a Saka (ph) Falcon, which is one of the traditional birds that is used in Arabia for falconing.

    CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2006 2006

  • A simple day spent falconing typically involved the services of twenty-four falconers with an appropriate number of dogs and horses and a dozen attendants, plus guests and so forth.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

  • A simple day spent falconing typically involved the services of twenty-four falconers with an appropriate number of dogs and horses and a dozen attendants, plus guests and so forth.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

  • A simple day spent falconing typically involved the services of twenty-four falconers with an appropriate number of dogs and horses and a dozen attendants, plus guests and so forth.

    The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002

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