Quatre Bras

[ kah-truh-brah; French ka-truh-brah ]

noun
  1. a village in central Belgium, near Brussels: battle preliminary to the battle of Waterloo fought here 1815.

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Quatre Bras

/ (French katrə bra) /


noun
  1. a village in Belgium near Brussels; site of a battle in June 1815 where Wellington defeated the French under Marshal Ney, immediately preceding the battle of Waterloo

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