Meaning of fladry | Babel Free

Definitions

A string of flags (usually red) used to demarcate boundaries that contain wildlife such as wolves, and deter them from crossing.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“To visually warn wolves away from other pastures, Brown sometimes turns to the old European technique called fladry, stringing wire with bright flags along its length.”

“Fladries, brightly coloured flags sewn on ropes (Fladry: Table 4.3), have been used for hunting wolves (Canis lupus) in Europe for centuries. Most wolves fear fladries and rarely cross such barriers.”

CEFR level