stale (n.)
[falconry] decoy, lure, stalking-horse
Tem IV.i.187.1[Prospero to Ariel] The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither / For stale to catch these thieves
TS III.i.88[Hortensio alone, of Bianca's possible preference for Lucentio as Cambio] To cast thy wandering eyes on every stale
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