The practice or method of catching birds at night by blinding them with torches and striking them down with sticks.
Present participle of 'batfowl,' indicating the ongoing action or practice; formed by adding '-ing' to the verb.
Batfowling appears as a crime in historical legal records and shows up in literature as both a practical skill for survival and a morally questionable shortcut—it tells us medieval people had strong opinions about fair versus unfair hunting.
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