castrel

Compare Latin clisterella f, Old French crecel and cercele, French crécerelle f and cristel m, Neapolitan castariello m, all sharing the same meaning.

castrel (plural castrels)

1. Obsolete form of kestrel.

• “castrel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Clarets, Scarlet, arclets, cartels, castler, clarets, crestal, lacerts, rectals, scarlet