batfowling
See also: bat-fowling
English
Etymology
bat + fowling. Bat refers to the stick used for beating.
Noun
batfowling (uncountable)
- A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for batfowling in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)