bat-fowling
See also: batfowling
English
Noun
- The catching of small birds at night by lighting a fire near their roost, then scaring them awake whereupon they fly towards the flames and can be caught in nets on poles. [1]
- c. 1610-11 William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II scene i[1]:
- We would so, and then go a-bat-fowling.
- c. 1610-11 William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act II scene i[1]:
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References
- ^ bat-fowling, Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (folio, 2 vols.), Ephraim Chambers. London 1728, p. 90.