falconry

[ fawl-kuh n-ree, fal-, faw-kuh n- ]

/ ˈfɔl kən ri, ˈfæl-, ˈfɔ kən- /

the sport of hunting with falcons, hawks, eagles, etc.; hawking.

the art of training hawks to hunt.

Origin of falconry

1565–75; falcon + -ry, modeled on French fauconnerie

Birds were much in vogue at that time, and he often amused himself with falconry.

The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete |Duc de Saint-Simon
In falconry we call it 'noble' because it rises over the quarry, and wheeling, drops upon it from above.

The King in Yellow |Robert W. Chambers
In none of the sports of the field have the fair sex partaken so much as in falconry.

A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume I (of 2) |Johann Beckman
As the place was outside the walls, it may be a good hawking ground and not a falconry.

The Bbur-nma in English |Babur, Emperor of Hindustan

He was ardently fond of the chase, particularly of the knightly sport of falconry.

The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume I.(of III) 1555-66 |John Lothrop Motley

falconry

/ (ˈfɔːlkənrɪ, ˈfɔːkən-) /

the art of keeping falcons and training them to return from flight to a lure or to hunt quarry

the sport of causing falcons to return from flight to their trainer and to hunt quarry under his or her direction