noun
battue
Battue (noun) means a way of hunting in which people beat sticks against bushes to drive animals out into the open.
noun
1
A way of hunting in which people beat sticks against bushes to drive animals out into the open.
"In the southern territories of Tuva saiga antelopes were hunted successfully by the battue method, using horse as chasers, and log pens constructed before the hunt. Several dozen animals could be caught in one hunt by this method."
— Sevyan Vainshtein, Appropriative Economic Forms among the Tuvinian Nomads in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (1980)
2
A hunt carried out in that way.
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Etymology
Taken from French battue, which traces back ultimately to Latin battere. It is a doublet of battuta, which reached English by way of Italian instead.
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What is the meaning of battue?
"battue" (noun) means a way of hunting in which people beat sticks against bushes to drive animals out into the open.
What is another word for battue?
Other words for "battue" include bloodletting, bloodbath, bloodshed.
What are the different meanings of battue?
"battue" has 2 main meanings: 1. A way of hunting in which people beat sticks against bushes to drive animals out into the open; 2. A hunt carried out in that way.
