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the falconer who works hawks by hand instead of eyes on the sky.
means a person who trains and flies hawks (as opposed to falcons) from the fist, typically for hunting on foot in woodland.
from from old french ostruche/austour meaning goshawk, filtered through medieval english hawking manuals that split the profession by bird: falconers flew falcons, austringers flew hawks.
bird typeworks goshawks and sparrowhawks, not falcons
medieval rankhawking gear was once strictly class-coded
still practicedsmall but active community today