n. [ AS. stāngella, stangilla; properly, stone yeller, i. e., a bird that yells from the rocks. See Stone, and Yell, and cf. Stonegall. ] (Zool.) The kestrel; -- called also standgale, standgall, stanchel, stand hawk, stannel hawk, steingale, stonegall. [ Written also staniel, stannyel, and stanyel. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
With what wing the staniel checks at it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]