fowling

Examples

• All

• After centuries as a venue for fishing and fowling, the pond became at once a pleasure ground for Bostonians, a prolific source of ice for export to world markets, and a public water supply.

  Blog text (24)

• Propped against a big tulip tree stood a long-barreled fowling piece, a remnant from a previous century.

  Fiction book (1997)

• "Sun!" He raised his eyes and his arms to the heavens with the fowling piece still in one hand.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The first is "net, particularly for fishing and fowling," but another meaning given is "snare."

  Academic text (2000)

• He held the fowling piece steady.

  Fiction book (1994)

• And through the morning mists, I saw my stepfather, Henry Job, holding his fowling piece.

  Fiction book (1994)

• His palms itched for his old fowling gun.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Lakeside living becomes commonplace, - Fishing, fowling... - Come on!

  The Man from Earth (2007)

• We have already surrendered our fowling pieces, and long ago we abandoned our bows, arrows, and tomahawks.

  Fiction book (1994)

• On weekends, many families enjoy fowling in the wetlands, where various species of birds gather.

Synonyms

H

hunting

vsfowling

360 1.0

Chasing and killing wild animals for food, fur, or sport

is limited to wild birds and especially for food rather than all animals

W

waterfowling

vsfowling

1 8.0

Hunting ducks and geese near lakes or marshes

is about hunting wild birds for food generally, not only water species

S

small game hunting

vsfowling

4.9

An activity of searching for and shooting small wild animals and birds for food or sport

focuses specifically on hunting wild birds for food rather than small animals

Compounds

F

fowling piece

• Archaic

1 9.9

A light shotgun used for shooting wild birds

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