Definitions for fowling

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fowling fowl·ing

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IPA: /ˈfaʊ lɪŋ/

Fowling is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 134 anagrams from letters in fowling (fgilnow).

Definitions for fowling

noun

1. the practice or sport of shooting or snaring birds.
2. the domestic or barnyard hen or rooster; chicken. Compare domestic fowl.
3. any of several other, usually gallinaceous, birds that are barnyard, domesticated, or wild, as the duck, turkey, or pheasant.
4. (in market and household use) a full-grown domestic fowl for food purposes, as distinguished from a chicken or young fowl.
5. the flesh or meat of a domestic fowl.
6. any bird (used chiefly in combination):

verb (used without object)

1. to hunt or take wildfowl.

Origin of fowling

First recorded in 1350-1400, fowling is from the late Middle English word foulynge. See fowl, -ing¹

Examples for fowling

What a splendid chance for a shot, if I only had my fowling piece.

Dan was provided with a fowling piece, while Quin was to try his luck as a fisherman.

And here I must make an end of the most material part of fowling.

He staggered to the wagon and got out his fowling piece, and said he was going to try me.

A zest and flavour is added to all these by hunting and fowling in spare hours.

But still more interesting was the fowling among the marshes.

"We'll see about that," added the man, as he raised his fowling piece.

"Cyd do dat, for sartin," replied he, examining the lock of the fowling piece.

We'll carry the fowling piece: there'll be ducks on the water.

He did it every day of his life, when fishing and fowling, with his uncle, in the carr.