battue
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Portuguese batuda or Italian battuta (a beating); See Latin battuo, (to beat.)
[edit] Noun
battue (uncountable)
- A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes etc.
- The game thus forced into the open.
- A hunt performed in this manner.
[edit] French
[edit] Verb
battue f.
- feminine past participle of battre
