BATTUES - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

indiscriminate slaughter

Example: 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 harm; a huge prison battue was ordered

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter