Meaning of BATTUE
| Pronunciation: | | ba'too
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- [n] indiscriminate slaughter
- [n] a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
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| | Synonyms: | | bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed |
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| | See Also: | | butchery, carnage, hunt, hunting, mass murder, massacre, slaughter | |
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| | Definition: | | \Bat"tue`\, n. [F. battue, fr. battre to beat. See
{Batter}, v. t., and cf. {Battuta}.] (Hunting)
(a) The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game.
(b) The game itself.
(c) The wanton slaughter of game. --Howitt.
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