Associations to the word «Battue»
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Wiktionary
BATTUE, noun. A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes etc.
BATTUE, noun. The game thus forced into the open.
BATTUE, noun. A hunt performed in this manner.
Dictionary definition
BATTUE, noun. A hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter.
BATTUE, noun. Indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered".
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