Meaning & use
seel
An archaic term meaning to sew a hawk's eyelids shut temporarily as part of falconry training.
See it in a sentence
Falconers once would seel a young hawk's eyes to help it grow calm around handlers.
The old text described how trainers seeled the bird's eyelids with a fine silk thread.
A note on using this word
Seel survives almost exclusively in falconry history and older literature, including a famous line in Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Words with a similar meaning
This term is best learned through its definition and examples.
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “seel”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.