battue

Meaning

Noun

• A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc.
• A hunt performed in this manner.

Origin

• Borrowed from French battue, feminine singular past participle of battre, from Late Latin battere, Latin battuere, present active infinitive of battō, a variant of battuō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ("to hit, strike"). battuta.