falcon shaped (faknshapt)

Having a form somewhat resembling a bird of prey: said of certain objects of ornamental art, as a brooch: a favorite pattern in Scand in avian art in the early middle ages. falcon-shott (fa'kn-shot), n. The range of the gun called a falcon. See falcon, 4. Well, said the admiral, the matter is not great, for there can be no danger in this sally, for where they worke it is within falcon - shot of the ships. Hakluyt's Voyages , III. 714.