batfowl

[bat-foul]

verb (used without object)

1. to catch birds at night by dazzling them with a light and then capturing them in a net.

batfowl

/ ˈbætˌfaʊl /

verb

1. (intr) to catch birds by temporarily blinding them with light

Other Word Forms

• batfowler noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of batfowl¹

1400–50; late Middle English batfowlyn. See bat ², fowl (v.)