Question 1

Where does the French word "rabattre" come from?

Accepted Answer

a compound word of ra- and beat.

Question 2

What does "rabattre" mean in French?

Accepted Answer

To lower, to bring down.
To depress, to repress.
To reduce, to deduct from the value of a thing, from the price asked for it.
To bring back quickly towards a place.
To beat the countryside to drive (game) towards nets or panels stretched, or towards the line of hunters.
To close, to shut.
To flatten them.
To parry (a blow), to break it by lowering the weapon of the opponent.
To roll over the oats already sprouted, to level the ground.
To fill in (the ruts, the furrows) with the earth that has risen on the edge.
To cut (a tree, a branch) in such a way that it is no longer as high or that what remains is more vigorous.
To revoke (the default that had been given against one of the parties, due to their failure to appear).
To leave a path and turn aside abruptly to pass into another.
To change the subject suddenly, after having spoken of some matter.
To limit oneself, to restrict oneself.

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