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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | aigle, from Latin aquila |
1HBB a very large strong bird with a beak like a hook that eats small animals, birds etc
2 two strokes less than par (=(the usual number of strokes for a hole)) in a game of golf
3 used to say that someone is watching carefully or is likely to notice something : 
They carried on working, under the eagle eye of the owner.
eagle eye
They carried on working, under the eagle eye of the owner.