Meaning of hallier | Babel Free

Definitions

A kind of net for catching birds.

obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“[Y]ou must make⟳ two plain halliers to accompany⟳ the tunnel-net […]”

“The halliers, or wings of the tunnel, must not be pitched straight, but in a sort⟳ of semicircle; and the birds, when they stop⟳ their march⟳, will run⟳ along them to the middle, where the mouth of the tunnel is open⟳.”

“He even adds that if the female is placed in the usual circular cage of wood, covered with cloth, and set⟳ out in the middle of a field, with a "Hallier" extended around the cage of the "Chanterelle," some males will be caught without any expenditure of trouble⟳.”

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