Definition of Beagling

1. Noun. Hunting rabbits with beagles.

Generic synonyms: Hunt, Hunting

Definition of Beagling

1. Verb. (present participle of beagle) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beagling

1. hunting with beagles [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beagling

beadsmen
beadsnake
beadsnakes
beadswoman
beadwork
beadworks
beady
beady-eyed
beag
beagle
beagled
beaglepuss
beagler
beaglers
beagles
beagling (current term)
beaglings
beak-iron
beak-irons
beaked
beaked hazelnut
beaked parsley
beaked salmon
beaked whale
beaked whales
beaker
beaker cell

Literary usage of Beagling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Hare: Natural History by Hugh Alexander Macpherson, Charles Richardson, J. S. Gibbons, G. H. Longman, Kenney Herbert (1896)
"... beagling BY GH LONGMAN THOUGH perhaps it may be too much to say that hunting the hare on foot with a pack of 15-in. beagles is the most interesting ..."

2. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1896)
"Let us go beagling, reader dear. Let us be retiring to bed in a state of gloom brought about by the way the world is using us, by the recent increase of ..."

3. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1824)
"beagling IN LANCASHIRE. To the Editor of the Sporting Magazine. SIR, COME time has now elapsed since I did myself the honour to address you, and, ..."

4. Animal Painters of England from the Year 1650: A Brief History of Their by Walter Gilbey, F. Babbage (1900)
"It ran thus: " On Monday, stag-hunting, followed by coursing ; Tuesday, wolf, stag and fox-hunting and beagling; Wednesday, stag-hunting and coursing; ..."

5. The Hunting Field with Horse and Hound in America: The British Isles and France by Frank Sherman Peer (1910)
"They have fairly gone the pace and would outstrip the beagles themselves were it not for being reproved by whippers-in, for in beagling, like hunting, ..."

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