What does "haggard" mean?
Haggard: (Falconry) A young or untrained hawk or falcon.
Additional senses
- 2.A fierce, intractable creature. I have loved this proud disdainful haggard. Shak.
- 3.Etym: [See Haggard, a., 2.] A hag. [Obs.] Garth.
- 4.A stackyard. [Prov. Eng.] Swift.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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