<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>Battue</li><li>Battues</li></ul><p><strong>Battue:</strong></p><ul><li>(Chiefly British) The beating or driving of game from cover toward a stationary hunter.</li><li>A hunt or hunting party using this method of securing game.</li><li>Undiscriminating slaughter of defenseless or unresisting crowds.</li></ul>