pre-baitingn.
/priːˈbeɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /priˈbeɪdɪŋ/ The act or practice of accustoming vermin to harmless bait so that they will take poisoned bait more readily; (Angling) the act or practice of accustoming a fish to a particular bait before using it on a hook.
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pre-baiting1928
1928 M. Hubert Sci. Principles of Plant Protection xii. 212 By prebaiting, the sowing in spaced rows across the field of seeds which by their germination attract the wireworm, the pest could be congregated and destroyed by the application of less calcium cyanide.
1936 Rep. Comm. Exper. Station (Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Assoc.) 92 It would seem that a practice of prebaiting with unpoisoned cereal, followed by a heavy application of poisoned bait, should prove an effective means of control.
1959 Times 10 Jan. 9/3 What..are our chances of catching these big fish?..Vast pre-baiting programmes over the past year or two have produced no results.
1994 Angler's Mail 18 June 11/1 (caption) The fish picked up his koi carp feed boilie on a size 6 hook at 5.30am and was Wayne's only run of the single night session which followed three evenings pre-baiting.
2004 Pest Control (Nexis) 1 Mar. 3 Other methods, such as prebaiting for poisoning or trapping, can be labor-intensive and costly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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