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battue
- /bəˈt(j)uː/ UK
- /bæ-/ UK
- /bæˈtu/ US
Rhymes with -uː (RP)
Where it comes from
From French battue, ultimately from Latin battere. Doublet of battuta, which arrived via Italian.
noun battues
- A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc. [page 203] In battue, whenever a hen rises, the signal "ware hen!" is called out by the sportsman or beater who is nearest it: meaning thereby "beware of the hen;" or, literally, "do not shoot the hen pheasant." In most places where game is very strictly preserved, and the rules of sporting firmly a
- A hunt performed in this manner. The battues have nothing whatever to do with the poaching, and once sufficiently grand battue would put an end to poaching altogether, by destroying all the game. The evil of which the chancellor should have spoken, is the excessive game preserving which allows of battues, or great massacres. The ga
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Talk about this word "battue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/battue. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. battue. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/battue "battue." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/battue.Cite this
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