"hallier" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: halliers [plural]
Etymology: From hale (“to pull”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} hallier (plural halliers)
  1. (obsolete) A kind of net for catching birds. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-hallier-en-noun-EAiQVfYj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia, page 65:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1897, Hugh Alexander Macpherson, A History of Fowling, page 364:",
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        "(obsolete) A kind of net for catching birds."
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