1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Battue

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
←
Battlement
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 3
Battue
Battus
→

​BATTUE (from Fr. battre, to beat), the beating of game from cover under the sportsmen’s fire; by analogy the word is used to describe any slaughter of defenceless crowds.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=1911_Encyclopædia_Britannica/Battue&oldid=11220735"