Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stannel \Stan"nel\, n. [AS. st[=a]ngella, stangilla; properly,
   stone yeller, i. e., a bird that yells from the rocks. See
   {Stone}, and {Yell}, and cf. {Stonegall}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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.