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