Category:Saker

Sa"ker, n. Etym: [f. sacre (cf. It. sagro, sp. & pg. sacre), either Fr. L. sacer sacred, holy, as a translation of gr. hawk.] [written Also sacar, sacre.]

1. (zo\'94l.) (a) a falcon (falco sacer) native of southern europe and asia, Closely resembling the lanner.

Note: the female is called chargh, and the male charghela, or Sakeret. (b) the peregrine falcon. [prov. Eng.]

2. (mil.)

Defn: a small piece of artillery. Wilhelm. On the bastions were planted culverins and sakers. Macaulay. The culverins and sakers showing their deadly muzzles over the Rampart. Hawthorne.