| 单词 | jack-hunting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjack-hunting jack-hunting n. U.S. (now chiefly historical) the action or practice of hunting at night (esp. for deer) using a jacklight; jacklighting for deer or other animals. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > hunting with lights fire-lighting1848 jack-hunting1857 fire shooting1860 fire hunting1885 jacklighting1895 pit-lamping1924 spotlighting1926 pitlighting1969 lamping1984 1857 Independent (N.Y.) 24 Sept. 2/1 Of all the romantic scenes in the Adirondack wilderness, the night hunt, or ‘jack hunting’, gives the most impressive. 1915 Ottumwa (Iowa) Rev. 27 Nov. I went jack-hunting on Moose Lake last night and got a deer. 2015 J. Schlett Not too greatly Changed Eden xv. 192 He had gone out on the lake at night with a rifle and lantern for some jack hunting. < as lemmas |
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