battle piece

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

battlepiece, battle-piece

Noun[edit]

battle piece (plural battle pieces)

(art) A painting, or a musical composition, representing a battle.^[1]
A piece of music designed to be played in battle.

Translations[edit]

painting or musical composition representing a battle

Finnish: sotamaalaus (painting), sotateos (most kinds of art)
French: scène de guerre f
Polish: dzieło o bitwie n

References[edit]

^ “battle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Further reading[edit]

“battle piece”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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