battue
Meanings
noun
- A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc.
- A hunt performed in this manner.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From French battue, ultimately from Latin battere. Doublet of battuta, which arrived via Italian.
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