Meaning of Venary | Babel Free

Definitions

The sport of hunting.

obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Beasts of forest are properly hart, hind, buck, hare, boar, and wolf; but legally all wild beasts of venary.”

“Cosmo, thus sadly musing, was little affected by the din of the beaters, the rush and crashing of the invisible deer, the crack of rifles, the silences, so full of mystery and suspense, and all the other incidents and phases of sylvan venary.”

“A forest (in the legal sense) is the right of keeping for the purpose of venary and hunting, the wild beasts and fowls of forest, chase, park, and warren, (which means in effect all animals pursued in field sports), in a certain territory or precinct of woody ground and pasture set apart for the purpose, with laws and officers of its own, established for protection of the game(i).”

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