Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cancelier \Can`cel*ier"\, v. i. [F. chanceler, OF. canseler, to
   waver, orig. to cross the legs so as not to fall; from the
   same word as E. cancel.] (Falconry)
   To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk. [Obs.] --Nares.

         He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced To
         cancelier.                               --Massinger.

Cancelier \Can`cel*ier"\, Canceleer \Can"cel*eer\, n. (Falconry)
   The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she
   misses her aim in the stoop. [Obs.]

         The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the
         skies, Make sundry canceliers ere they the fowl can
         reach.                                   --Drayton.