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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The catching of small birds at night by lighting a fire near their roost, then scaring them awake whereupon they fly towards the flames and can be caught in nets on poles..
We would so, and then go a-bat-fowling.
Use bat-fowling when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bat-fowling means The catching of small birds at night by lighting a fire near their roost, then scaring them awake whereupon they fly towards the flames and can be caught in nets on poles..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We would so, and then go a-bat-fowling.
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