Usually means: Catching birds at night method.
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  1. bat-fowling: Wiktionary
  2. Bat-fowling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. bat-fowling: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (bat-fowling)

noun:  The catching of small birds at night by lighting a fire near their roost, then scaring them awake whereupon they fly towards the flames and can be caught in nets on poles.

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