| 单词 | bird-batting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbird-batting bird-batting n. now historical the action or practice of capturing roosting birds at night; = bat-fowling n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > [noun] > at night bat-fowlingc1440 bird-batting1614 1614 T. S. Briefe Treat. Fowling in Iewell for Gentrie sig. Kv There is another manner of way to fowle which is with Nets,..which we call in England most commonly Birdbatting, and some call it lowbelling. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. ii. x. 230 Bird-batting..is performed by holding a large Clap-Net before a Lanthorn, and at the same time, beating the Bushes. View more context for this quotation 1898 J. M. Falkner Moonfleet (1970) vi. 75 The Manor had still a sweeter attraction to me than apples or bird-batting, and that was Grace Maskew. 1998 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 8 Sept. 6 Bird-batting was a night-time sport involving three people. One carried a snap-net, one a lantern, and the third a large stick with which to beat bushes. < as lemmas |
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