They had waited for daylight in order to organise a battue and hunt him down like some animal, whose weariness must necessarily ensure capture.
"Paris From the "Three Cities""
Emile Zola
This the hunters term a "moose-pound," and when found in such situations the moose are easily approached and surrounded-when a general battue takes place, in which few or none of the animals are allowed to escape.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid
The Indian assured him that it was not the first battue of the kind he had made.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid