Dictionary entry

Cancelier (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Can′cel‐ier″ (?), Can″cel‐eer (?) }, n.(Falconry) The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop.

The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies,

Make sundry canceliers ere they the fowl can reach.

Drayton.