In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
lanneret (plural lannerets)
A male lanner, smaller than the female.
Source: Wiktionary
Lan"ner, n. f. Lan"ner*et, n. m. Etym: [F. lanier, OF. also, lasnier. Cf. Lanyard.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A long-tailed falcon (Falco lanarius), of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie falcon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 June 2024
(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.