hobel

== Old French == === Etymology === Of Germanic origin, related to Middle Dutch hobbelen (“to hobble”), Dutch hobben (“to hop”). === Noun === hobel oblique singular, m (oblique plural hobeaus or hobeax or hobiaus or hobiax or hobels, nominative singular hobeaus or hobeax or hobiaus or hobiax or hobels, nominative plural hobel) small bird of prey (precise definition is uncertain or may vary; possibly a falcon) === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “hobel”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.