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noun
A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, often, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A hunt performed in this manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: hobbies, hunting, lifestyle
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
indiscriminate slaughter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage, butchery
noun
a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hunt, hunting
History
From French battue, ultimately from Latin battere. Doublet of battuta, which arrived via Italian.
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
