Tièr'cel or Tièrçe'let, n.

n. [Fr. tiercelet, Pr. tersol, tresol, It. terzuolo, Sp. torzuelo, Pg. tresō, L. Lat. tertiolus, from Lat. tertius, the third, so called because the third in the nest is said to be a male, or according to others, less probably, because the male is a third part less than the female. Cf. TERCEL.] The male hawk, or goshawk. See TERCEL.