battue

(ba to̵̅o̅, -tyo̵̅o̅; bə-)

noun

  1. a beating of underbrush and woods to drive game out toward hunters
  2. a hunt of this kind
  3. any mass killing

Origin: Fr, fem. pp. of OFr battre, to beat: see batter

See battue in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. The beating of woods and bushes to flush game.
  2. A hunt in which this is done.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , feminine of battu, past participle of battre, to beat

Origin: , from Old French batre; see batter1

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