巻まき狩がり

noun

surround hunt; battue

A hunting method where beaters encircle an area and drive game toward hunters positioned around the perimeter. Often associated with traditional Japanese hunting practices.

• 鎌かま倉くら時じ代だい、武ぶ士したちは巻まき狩がりで鹿しかや猪いのししを捕とらえた。

  In the Kamakura period, warriors caught deer and boar with surround hunts.

• この地ち域いきでは今いまでも伝でん統とう的てきな巻まき狩がりが行おこなわれている。

  Traditional surround hunts are still conducted in this region.