Quatre Bras

American  

[kah-truh brah, ka-tr^uh brah] / ˈkɑ trə ˈbrɑ, ka trə ˈbrɑ /

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 British  

/ 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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Example Sentences

Couve arrived an hour late for the start of the meeting at Quatre Bras, the modern Foreign Ministry building.

From Time Magazine Archive

Have we not all seen Brussels and Antwerp, Waterloo and Quatre Bras?

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James

He was present at Quatre Bras and at Waterloo, as an aide-de-camp to the duke of Wellington, and remained on the staff till the army of occupation quitted France.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

Then, entering a carriage, he drove to Ligny; Lobau was ordered at once to Marbais, on the road to Quatre Bras.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

If Quatre Bras were surprised and held, the second move could be attempted: the seizure of Sombreffe.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan