单词 | fire hunting |
释义 | fire hunting/ˈfʌɪə ˌhʌntɪŋ/noun 1Chiefly US (originally colonial). A type of hunting in which vegetation is set alight in order to drive out the game. Now historical.
2 US. Hunting by night in which the light from burning wood, often held in a frying pan, is used to illuminate the eyes of the game; (also occasionally) a hunt conducted in this way. In later use: hunting by night using any source of light to illuminate the eyes of the game. Now historical except in US regional (chiefly southern and Midland ) usage. OriginEarly 18th century; earliest use found in Robert Beverley (c1673–c1722). From fire + hunting. |
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