Sentence:  In the collection of game for a <WSD>battue</WSD>, are the Committee to understand that game is driven into the covers from the various parts of the manor?—No; it is reared and bred in the covers, generally, I believe. ... You object to a <WSD>battue</WSD> where 800 or 900 head of game are killed?—Yes. ... I should prefer the <WSD>battue</WSD> system being done away entirely. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A hunt performed in this manner.