cerf-volant

• 1666] [Footnote 1665: A winged stag (_le cerf-volant_) is the symbol of a king. —  The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2
• G.F.) on kite, French "cerf-volant," 517. —  Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 2, May-December, 1850 A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc.
• He was told that another _cerf-volant_ should be made for him at the journey's end; but was only partially consoled, and his mother was fain to compound for a box of woolly lambs. —  A Modern Telemachus
• Earnest_, 5th edition, London, J. Murray, 1842, I observed that the author could not explain the meaning of the French term "cerf-volant," applied to the toy so well known among boys in England as a "kite," and in Scotland as a "dragon." —  Notes and Queries, Number 61, December 28, 1850

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