noun
- the act or practice of training birds, especially hawks or falcons, to fly and return to the handler
- the arrangement or installation of flights (steps or stairs) in a building
Usage: falconry term
Usage: architecture/construction
verb
- present participle of 'flight': to cause to fly or take flight
- present participle of 'flight': to provide with flights or feathers (as on an arrow)
Usage: archery
Examples
- The falconer spent months flighting his young hawk before it could hunt independently.
- Flighting the stairs required careful measurement and precise carpentry.
- The birds were flighting across the sky in formation.
- The archer was flighting arrows with goose feathers for better accuracy.
- Flighting is an essential skill in traditional falconry.
- The contractor finished flighting the staircase on schedule.