batfowl

An obsolete verb meaning to catch birds at night by blinding them with a light or by using a net or other method while they are roosting.

• 🇵🇹Verbo arcaico que significa caçar aves à noite, ofuscando-as com luz ou usando redes ou outros métodos enquanto elas estão empoleiradas.

1. Catch birds by blinding C2 formal british

   To catch birds at night by temporarily blinding them with a light or other means.

   • The old method of batfowling is rarely practiced today.
   • He learned to batfowl from his grandfather in the countryside.
   • They would batfowl using lanterns to confuse the birds.

   🇵🇹Caçar aves ofuscando-as

• batfowled past participle
• batfowled past simple
• batfowling present participle
• batfowls third person singular