Definition of "deerstalking" []

• The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares. (noun)

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• "But after all it will probably prove a false alarm, for this is not the time of year for deerstalking; and I dare say the noise they heard was made by a party of people coming up the valley below to see the waterfall, which is famous in the neighborhood."
• "They ought to give good sport -- better sport, he should imagine, than deerstalking."
• "It was he who had devised the conveniences of the camp, and who delicately and skilfully prepared the meals so that the two fared like epicures; while Puttany did the scullery-work, and was superior only at deerstalking."