Definitions
small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind
Word origin
From Middle English castrel (“staniel, bird of prey”), from Middle French cresserelle, crecerelle (“bird of prey”), usually assumed to be from crecelle (“rattle, wooden reel”) (modern crécelle), of obscure origin.
Used in a sentence
“When she was musing she was a kestrel, which hangs in the air by an invisible motion of its wings.”
“Up on the downs the red-eyed kestrels hover, Eyeing the grass. The field mouse flits like a shadow into cover As their shadows pass.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Hovering falcon”7 letters
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