- of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes.
- of low grade or quality; inferior.
- not noble; of humble descent or rank.
- noting any hawk with short wings that chases or rakes after the quarry.
- dishonourable; base; despicable
- of low birth or origins; humble; common
- of low quality; inferior
- falconry
- designating short-winged hawks that capture their quarry by swiftness and adroitness of flight
- designating quarry which is inferior or unworthy of pursuit by a particular species of hawk or falcon