batfowling


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bat·fowl

 (băt′foul′)
intr.v. bat·fowled, bat·fowl·ing, bat·fowls
To catch roosting birds at night by blinding them with a light and then hitting or netting them.
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In The Tempest (1611), he refers to batfowling: a curious sport of the time played by lantern at night which combines baseball with hunting--live birds, attracted by the light of the lantern, substitute for the ball.
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