Quatre-bras
[kah-truh brah; French ka-truh brah] /ˈkɑ trə ˈbrɑ; French ka trə ˈbrɑ/
noun
1.
a village in central Belgium, near Brussels: battle preliminary to the battle of Waterloo fought here 1815.
/French katrə bra/
noun
1.
a village in Belgium near Brussels; site of a battle in June 1815 where Wellington defeated the French under Marshal Ney, immediately preceding the battle of Waterloo
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