EAGLE

I. noun Etymology: Middle English egle, from Anglo-French egle, aigle, from Latin aquila Date: 13th century any of various large diurnal birds of prey (family Accipitridae) noted for their strength, size, keenness of vision, and powers of flight, 2. the ~-bearing standard of the ancient Romans, one of a pair of ~-bearing silver insignia of rank worn by a military colonel or a navy captain, a gold coin of the United States bearing an ~ on the reverse and usually having a value of ten dollars, a golf score of two strokes less than par on a hole, a member of a major fraternal order, II. transitive verb (~d; eagling) Date: 1958 to score an ~ on (a golf hole)