battue

Etymology

French battue

Noun

battue (countable and uncountable, plural battues)

1. A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes etc.
2. The game thus forced into the open.
3. A hunt performed in this manner.

Etymology

From Portuguese batuda or Italian battuta ("a beating"). See Latin battuo ("to beat").

Noun

battue f (plural battues)

1. battue; the beating of bushes to force out the game

Verb

battue

1. feminine singular of the past participle of battre

Further reading

• “battue” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ébattu

Verb

battue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of battuō