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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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 J. Arthur Gibbs
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 Andrew F. Crosse
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
It was a clear, cold night, and there seemed every prospect of a beautiful day for the battues.
From Chateau and Country Life in France by Mary Alsop King Waddington
There were usually two or three big battues in November for the neighbouring farmers and small proprietors.
From Chateau and Country Life in France by Mary Alsop King Waddington
