Definitions for falconet

falconet fal·co·net

Spelling: [fawl-kuh-net, fal-, faw-k Falconet is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 379 anagrams from letters in falconet (aceflnot).

Definitions for falconet

noun

  1. any of several small Asian falcons, especially of the genus Microhierax.

Origin of falconet

First recorded in 1850-55; falcon + -et

Examples for falconet

They were provided with sails and twelve oars each, and a falconet, or small brass cannon.

falconet, the sculptor, wrote a volume to prove that Pliny was in error concerning atmospheric stones.

How vivo affected aiming is easily seen: with its bore level, a 4-pounder falconet ranged 250 paces.

To each of the brigantines was allotted a falconet, and three hundred of the troops were detailed to man the fleet.

In some of the greatest artists, the inventive powers have been of late developement; as in Claude, and the sculptor falconet.

He was always a good shot with a falconet or a mortar-piece.

Mr Fuseli criticises the passage, and assumes that the painter had better reason than that given by Mr falconet.

Word Value for falconet
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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