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What is a saker?

What is a saker? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A falcon (Falco cherrug) native of Southern Europe and Asia.
  2. A medium cannon slightly smaller than a culverin developed during the early 17th century.
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Before he had finished, there was a flash and a roar from Turnpenny's saker just below.
He is a hybrid white gyrsaker falcon, a breeding that combines the size of the Arctic gyrfalcon with the aggression of the saker.
English colonists gave their artillery colorful names, such as falcon, saker, demiculverin, and culverin, to name a few.
In former days the saker, the lanner and the Barbary or Tunisian falcon were also employed.
The falcon used was the Cherug, or saker as she is known in Europe, and the method of training is interesting.
The tiercel of the saker is more properly called a sakret, sakeret, or sackeret.

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