adjective
- coated with or trapped by birdlime (a sticky substance used to catch birds)
verb
- past tense and past participle of birdlime; to coat with birdlime or to trap with birdlime
Usage: archaic or literary
Examples
- The birdlimed branches caught many songbirds during the hunting season.
- He birdlimed the twigs to trap sparrows for his collection.
- The sticky birdlimed surface made escape impossible for the small bird.
- Hunters birdlimed the branches near the water hole.
- The birdlimed trap was an old method of bird catching.
- She found a birdlimed feather stuck to the windowsill.