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 Louis de Rougemont
September came, and brought some relief to those who were suffering in the inferno of provincial ennui; but this is only the purgatory to the Paradise of battues.
From The Young Duke by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
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 Mary King Waddington
I have, however, little doubt that Rooks during the whole of their lives associate the memory of these battues with the appearance of a man armed with a gun.
From British Birds in their Haunts by Rev. C. A. Johns
These great public hunts or battues are conducted under certain rules.
From Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 by George Grey
