Definition of battue
English to English noun - a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: WordNet 3.0 - The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game.
source: Webster 1913
Visual Synonyms 
Nearby Word
battue, bate, battuta, batty, batta, bathe, butte, bated, btu, bateau, bat, bittie, bovate, babbitt, biotite, buat, bato, beat, baft, bote
|
|
|