The story
From medieval English hunting practices. Some men would whack bushes with sticks to scare birds out so that others could hunt them. Beating the bush directly could be dangerous.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
From medieval English hunting practices. Some men would whack bushes with sticks to scare birds out so that others could hunt them. Beating the bush directly could be dangerous.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.