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Webster 1913 Edition

Battue

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Bat′tueˊ

,
Noun.
[F.
battue
, fr.
battre
to beat. See
Batter
,
Verb.
T.
, and cf.
Battuta
.]
(Hunting)
(a)
The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game.
(b)
The game itself.
(c)
The wanton slaughter of game.
Howitt.

Definition 2024

battue

battue

English

Noun

battue ‎(uncountable)

  1. A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes etc.
  2. The game thus forced into the open.
  3. A hunt performed in this manner.

French

Noun

battue f ‎(plural battues)

  1. battue; the beating of bushes to force out the game

Verb

battue

  1. feminine singular of the past participle of battre

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

battue

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of battuō

Etymology

From Portuguese batuda or Italian battuta (a beating); See Latin battuo, (to beat.)

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