Sentence:  A <WSD>battue</WSD> is a contrivance for killing the largest quantity of game in the smallest time, with the least amount of trouble, by a small select party. ... The peculiar charm of a <WSD>battue</WSD> appears to lie, first, in its enormous cost, which places it out of the reach of men of moderate means; next, in the arrangements for wholesale slaughter by people who, being neither good shots nor good walkers, are unable to take advantage of the working of well-trained dogs. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A hunt performed in this manner.