Bouvines

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bouvines \Bouvines\ prop. n.
     The location where in 1214 the French under King Philip
     Augustus defeated a coalition formed against him in one of
     the greatest battles of the middle ages.
     [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Bouvines
       n : in 1214 the French under Philip Augustus defeated a
           coalition formed against him in one of the greatest
           battles of the middle ages