Etymology

battu

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Today it means: Performed with a striking together of the legs. Full definition →

French battu
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  1. French · borrowed frombattu
  2. English todaybattu

From French battu, past participle of battre (“beat”); first attested in 1947.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.