field sports

pl n

sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing

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How to use field sports in a sentence

Her faith was less well defined than her views on field sports.
The Week in Death: Clarissa Dickson Wright, One of ‘Two Fat Ladies’ | The Telegraph | March 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
To hunt, or follow the field sports, in a pursuit which is the track of blood, disgusts the true admirer of gentle breeding.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence Hartley
As women are as excellent as men at field sports, the members of the Club shall be entitled to the franchise.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 108, April 6, 1895 | Various
In the first class are field sports and games of hazard, in the second the public and private games (ld pblic et prvt).
The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston
For a week he spent his days in the unaccustomed but truly royal occupation of field sports.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane

Ferdinand, like the rest of his race, was passionately fond of field sports, and cared for nothing else.
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson | Robert Southey

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