birdnests

Verb

birdnest (third-person singular simple present birdnests, present participle birdnesting, simple past and past participle birdnested)

1. (ambitransitive) To make or nestle in a bird's nest.
   • Lennard knew well every nook, crevice, and shelf of the quarry; on many a day in boyhood he had birdnested among the gorse that fringed its mouth, or fished for minnows and "pow-wowets" with a luggie and string in the slimy pool at the bottom; […]1869, James Grant, The Girl He Married, volume 2, page 122
2. (intransitive) To become entangled or dishevelled, like a bird's nest.
   • As currently produced, this type of fiber is entangled, or birdnested, and resembles cotton (except for the color).1999, T.D. Burchell, Carbon Materials for Advanced Technologies, page 164
3. (intransitive) To collect eggs from bird's nests.