Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun In falconry, one of the rings secured to the ends of the jesses.
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- noun falconry, heraldry A metal
ring bearing the owner's name or coat of arms, attached to ahawk's jesses . Used for identifying birds.
Etymologies
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French or Vulgar Latin derivation of Latin vertibulum "joint."
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Examples
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I live for the next book. thanks darla varvel dvarvel@earthlink.net
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A silver ring, or varvel, was fitted to one leg, and on it was engraved the name of her favourite, copied from some old tale, "Fairbourne," with the legend attached, "I live in my lady's grace."
Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. 1832
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