Definition of "birdnest" []

• To hunt or search for the nests of birds.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Huayi, founded in 1986, has 200,000 square meters (2,152,000 square feet) of manufacturing capacity and was widely praised for its lighting of Beijing's famous National Stadium (popularly known as the 'birdnest' stadium) during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games."
• "An awkward, lean and gangling one, with clear-cut features, and dark birdnest hair, plus a smudgy pencil moustache?"
• "Ye know, well en 'good, that the folks livin' will take charge of them obsequies; hit'll be about ten years from now, I figger; en yore plans will fit in about like a last-year's birdnest."