used as noun of action to the verbal phrase to shoot flying (shoot, v. 28d). ? Obsolete.

Shooting wildfowl as they fly over.

(a) n. a shot aimed at a flying bird; (b) n. a person skilled in wing-shooting; (c) adj. shot while flying, or in the wing.

the practice of shooting birds ‘on the wing’, i.e. when flying.

The action of flight, v.; in quots. = flight-shooting, n.

A shot taken at wildfowl in flight.

The action of stop, v. in various senses.