bat-fowling

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. ''[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/HistSciTech/HistSciTech-idx?type=turn&entity=HistSciTech000900240240&isize=L bat-fowling]'', ''Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (folio, 2 vols.)'', Ephraim Chambers. London 1728, p. 90..

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