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Battue   Listen
noun
Battue  n.  (Hunting)
(a)
The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game.
(b)
The game itself.
(c)
The wanton slaughter of game.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Battue" Quotes from Famous Books



... an Englishman, had the common English reverence for the Sunday, and would not shoot on that day, though by his conscientious abstention he missed, undoubtedly, the best battue the country-side afforded. We had a brief discussion as to the morality and propriety of the procession, and I pointed out to him that notwithstanding the military element by which it was so strongly marked, it was purely ...
— Schwartz: A History - From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray • David Christie Murray

... aux paroles des rois Et qu'un hote n'est pas une bete feroce! Le roi, les chevaliers, l'eveque avec sa crosse, Ils sont venus, j'ai dit: Entrez; c'etaient des loups! Est-ce qu'ils ont marche sur elle avec des clous Qu'elle est toute meurtrie? Est-ce qu'ils l'ont battue? Et voila maintenant nos filles qu'on nous tue Pour voler un vieux casque en vieil or de ducat! Je voudrais que quelqu'un d'honnete m'expliquat Cet evenement-ci, voila ma fille morte! Dire qu'un empereur ...
— La Legende des Siecles • Victor Hugo



Words linked to "Battue" :   mass murder, carnage, bloodletting, butchery, bloodshed, bloodbath, slaughter



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