Sembling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sembling is a noun meaning present participle and gerund of semble.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of semble.
More Meanings
- (archaic) The practice of attracting male butterflies or other insects by exposing the encaged female. It used to be done by collectors wanting to procure specimens.
Example Sentences
time of sembling birds' droppings
Upon this is founded the practice of sembling, as it is called by the London collectors, among whom, as we learn from Barbut and Harris, it has been long in use, for entrapping the males of the fox-moth […]
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