Meanings
- not comparableIn terms of, or by means of, hunting.
Ireland must have remained utterly unfenced and, therefore, uncultivated, for many a century; and the sparse tribes that inhabited the country must have principally subsisted venatically.
1858, The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-east of Ireland Archaeological Society1 more example
Hunting with hawks was superior to using the bow-and-arrow because man no longer needed stealth and subterfuge in his approach to quarry but could send his emissary instead. Undoubtedly, many hawks used venatically were lost; […]
1980, William Mansell, Gary Low, North American birds of prey, page 166
Origin
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