vbl. sb. [f. FLIGHT v. + -ING1.] The action of the vb. FLIGHT; in quots. = FLIGHT-SHOOTING.

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1815.  Col. Hawker, Diary (1893), I. 132. Warren Farm has excellent flighting when the wind is from S. to W., as the Duke of Buccleuch stops the shore gunners.

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1882.  Sir R. Payne Gallwey, Fowler in Irel., iii. 30. Admirable early flighting may be enjoyed on the inland ponds and private marshes of Ireland.

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