Sentence:  &#91;[https://books.google.com/books?id=GoQCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA203 page 203]&#93; In <WSD>battue</WSD>, whenever a hen rises, the signal "ware hen!" is called out by the sportsman or beater who is nearest it: meaning thereby "beware of the hen;" or, literally, "do not shoot the hen pheasant." In most places where game is very strictly preserved, and the rules of sporting firmly adhered to, a fine is imposed on any one who kills a hen pheasant in <WSD>battue</WSD>. ... &#91;[https://books.google.com/books?id=GoQCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA204 page 204]&#93; No dogs need be used in <WSD>battue</WSD>, but beaters only: and it should be remembered that pheasants always run to the end or side of the cover before taking flight, unless they are much pressed: consequently the best sport always comes at the extreme end of the wood. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A form of hunting in which game is forced into the open by the beating of sticks on bushes, etc. (from early 19th c.)