[f. BATE v.1 2 + -ING1.] The action of beating the wings, and (spec. in Falconry) fluttering off the fist or perch.
1456. Bk. St. Albans, A vj. It is calde batyng for she batith with hir selfe most oftyn causeless.
1614. Raleigh, Hist. World, I. 175. The crying of Crowes, and bating of Ducks foreshew raine.
1783. Ainsworth, Lat. Dict. (Morell), 1. The bating of a hawk, alarum plausus.
