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noun

Saker n. (Written also sacar, sacre)

(Zool.)

(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.)

(Mil.) A small piece of artillery. "On the bastions were planted culverins and sakers." "The culverins and sakers showing their deadly muzzles over the rampart."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... highest aim of the art, and it was only by the exercise of much patience that the desired resuit was obtained. All birds of prey, when used for sport, received the generic name of falcon; and amongst them were to be found the gerfalcon, the saker-hawk, the lanner, the merlin, and the sparrow-hawk. The male birds were smaller than the females, and were called tiercelet—this name, however, more particularly applied to the gosshawk or the largest kind of male hawk, whereas the males of the above mentioned were called laneret, sacret, ...

— Manners, Custom and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period • Paul Lacroix