1. The act or sport of hunting; the chase; the practice of hunting, or the animals hunted.
2. Etymology: from venery, "hunting" [archaic], "to hunt"; from Latin venari, "to hunt, to pursue"; the act, art, or sport of hunting; "love for the pursuit [hunt]".

Don't confuse this word with another venery which refers to "the pursuit of or indulgence in sexual pleasure".