bat-fowlingn.

Etymology: formed as bat-fowl v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbat-ˌfowling.

1. The catching of birds by night when at roost.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > [noun] > at night

bat-fowlingc1440

bird-batting1614

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 26 Batte fowlynge, aucubaculatus.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 197/1 Batfoulyng, la pipée.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 190 We would so, and then go a Bat-fowling .

1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Bird Bat fowling..may be used with nets or without.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 93 Bat-fowling is all fair with birds at roost, The lantern and the clapnet suit the hedge.

figurative.a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 66 They that go a batt-fowling in the dark, to seek matter of crimination.

†2. slang. Swindling, victimizing the simple. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action

bulling1532

cogging1570

cozening1576

coney-catching1591

fool-taking1592

gulling1600

bat-fowling1602

sharking1602

imposturing1618

mountebanking1672

shamming1677

sharping1692

fineering1765

overreachinga1774

pigeoning1808

flat-catching1821

thimble-shifting1834

thimblerigging1839

strawing1851

thimbling1857

fiddling1884

piking1884

ramping1891

1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost 8 As for Coni~catching, they cleape it Batfowling, the wine the Strap, and the cards the Limetwigs.

1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. F3 Sometimes likewise this Card-cheating goes not vnder the name of Bernards lawe, but is called Batt fowling.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	bat-fowling
释义	bat-fowlingn. Etymology: formed as bat-fowl v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbat-ˌfowling. 1. The catching of birds by night when at roost. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > [noun] > at night bat-fowlingc1440 bird-batting1614 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 26 Batte fowlynge, aucubaculatus. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 197/1 Batfoulyng, la pipée. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 190 We would so, and then go a Bat-fowling . View more context for this quotation 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Bird Bat fowling..may be used with nets or without. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country ii. 93 Bat-fowling is all fair with birds at roost, The lantern and the clapnet suit the hedge. figurative.a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 66 They that go a batt-fowling in the dark, to seek matter of crimination. †2. slang. Swindling, victimizing the simple. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > [noun] > action bulling1532 cogging1570 cozening1576 coney-catching1591 fool-taking1592 gulling1600 bat-fowling1602 sharking1602 imposturing1618 mountebanking1672 shamming1677 sharping1692 fineering1765 overreachinga1774 pigeoning1808 flat-catching1821 thimble-shifting1834 thimblerigging1839 strawing1851 thimbling1857 fiddling1884 piking1884 ramping1891 1602 S. Rowlands Greenes Ghost 8 As for Coni~catching, they cleape it Batfowling, the wine the Strap, and the cards the Limetwigs. 1608 T. Dekker Belman of London sig. F3 Sometimes likewise this Card-cheating goes not vnder the name of Bernards lawe, but is called Batt fowling. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < n.c1440
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