Obs. Also lentner. [? f. LENTEN + -ER1.] A hawk taken in Lent; a March hawk.
1575. Turberv., Faulconrie, 204. And of the same condition are Lentiners for the most part, the which are called with us March Hawkes, or Lentiners, bycause they are taken in Lent with lime, or such like meanes.
1655. Walton, Angler, i. (1661), 14. The Ramish-Hawk, the Haggard, and the two sorts of Lentners.
1677. Lond. Gaz., No. 1219/4. A Lentiner Faulcon of the Kings lost from Chelsey the 24 of this instant July, with the Kings Vervells on.
1727. in Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Hawk.
