Meanings
plural austringers · alternative ostreger · alternative ostriger · alternative ostringer
- obsoleteA keeper of goshawks.
Ye shall vnderstonde that thay be calde Ostregeris that kepe Goshawkys or Tercellis, and tho that kepe Sperhawkys and muskettys ben called Speruiteris, and keperis of all other hawkys ben callidde Faukeneris.
1486, Book of Saint Albans - falconryA falconer who uses accipiters for hunting.
Just as in modern shooting you must never offer criticism to the man in command, so in hawking it was important that no outside advice should be allowed to disturb the judgment of the austringer.
1958, T. H. White, chapter I, in The Once and Future King, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, book I (The Sword in the Stone)
Origin
- Old Frenchostruchier
- Middle Englishostreger
- Englishaustringer
From Middle English ostreger, ostringer, borrowed from Old French ostruchier, austruchier.
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