battue

battue has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• v. t.. The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game.
• v. t.. The game itself.
• v. t.. The wanton slaughter of game.
• n.. 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"
• n.. a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter