battue
battues
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pluralof battue.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Occasionally, however, the men did condescend to go out fishing, and they would also organise battues when a big supply of food was wanted.
From The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont by Rougemont, Louis de
The ladies walked about a little and followed some battues, and everyone assembled in the drawing-room for tea.
From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King
The fact of a bear having been sighted encouraged us in keeping up our battues pretty late, but nothing more was shot that day.
From Round About the Carpathians by Crosse, Andrew F.
I have already related how the queen persecuted the poor royal wolf with hunts and battues, so that he was the innocent cause of great trouble and inconvenience to the whole wolvine family.
From Fairy Tales From all Nations by Montalba, Anthony R.
Instead of birds and ground game being wounded time after time, at big battues they are killed stone dead by some well-known and acknowledged good shot.
From A Cotswold Village by Gibbs, J. Arthur
