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Definition of Batfowling
1. n. A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.
Definition of Batfowling
1. Noun. A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Batfowling
1. batfowl [v] - See also: batfowl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Batfowling
Literary usage of Batfowling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly (1902)
"43. batfowling for starres: 'batfowling' was a mode of catching birds at night
by means of torches, poles, and sometimes nets ; Tempest, ¡i. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
""Go a batfowling - occurs in Tempest, ii. \. BEASTS. sb. Cattle : hence, '
BEAST-market,' cattle market. [General.] BEGGAR'S LICE. sb. ..."
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