eagle

Meanings

Noun

• Any of several large carnivorous and carrion-eating birds in the family Accipitridae, having a powerful hooked bill and keen vision.
• A gold coin with a face value of ten dollars, formerly used in the United States.
• A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and circulated in England as a debased sterling silver penny, outlawed under Edward I of England.
• A score of two under par for a hole.

Verb

• To score an eagle.

Origin

• From Middle English egle, from Anglo-Norman egle, from Old French aigle, from Latin aquila. Displaced native Middle English earn, from Old English earn. More at erne.