| 单词 | gate-netting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgate-netting gate-netting n. (also present participle). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [noun] > hares hare-coursing1840 gate-netting1892 1892 Autobiog. Eng. Gamekeeper (J. Wilkins) 222 A great dodge in poaching used to be gate netting. A hare on the prowl, started off a field when feeding, generally makes for the gate-run—that is to say, leaves the field by means of the gate—and, for this reason, one of the oldest methods of poaching is gate snaring or netting. 1892 Autobiog. Eng. Gamekeeper (J. Wilkins) 224 They do not stop to touch the gate netting. 1892 Autobiog. Eng. Gamekeeper (J. Wilkins) 250 When we caught two men gate netting at Gravel-Pits field. < as lemmas |
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