close season

/ kləʊs /

noun

1. the period of the year when it is prohibited to kill certain game or fish
2. sport the period of the year when there is no domestic competition

Example Sentences

But the close season for deer sat lightly on men in a region three days' journey from a butcher shop.

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March the 15th marks the beginning of the close season for game birds in all the reserved forests of Northern India.

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He delights in stalking the timid deer in the close season, and shooting him with his camera.

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The roebuck must be shot only with a rifle and not during the close season.

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Protecting the game in the close season gives work to a good many men as wardens.

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