Battue (Noun)
Meaning 1
A hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The group of hunters set out on a battue, seeking to flush out the elusive deer that had been hiding in the woods.
- The traditional French hunting method of battue relied on beaters to drive the birds towards the waiting hunters.
- In medieval times, battue was a common practice used by nobility to hunt game such as wild boar and deer.
- As the beaters approached, the quail suddenly took flight, caught off guard by the surprise battue.
- The organized battue, complete with horn-blowing and flag-waving, sent the unsuspecting pheasants fleeing into the hunters' waiting guns.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue was ordered".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The small village was left to pick up the pieces after the government forces carried out a ruthless battue on the rebels.
- A huge prison battue was ordered after the riots, leaving many inmates dead or wounded.
- The ruthless leader unleashed a battue on the city, determined to quell the uprising once and for all.
- Historians would later refer to the event as a brutal battue, where soldiers killed hundreds of innocent civilians.
- The president was accused of authorizing a battue in the rebel-held town, resulting in widespread human rights abuses.