batterie

Definition of the French term batterie in music:

1. drum kit
2. percussion instruments
3. percussion section of an orchestra (usually not including timpani)
4. battery (the section of percussionists in a marching band that marches on the field during a performance)
5. batterie (ballet jump in which the legs are beaten together several times in the air)
6. any drum pattern used (such as one used in the army for signalling)
7. strumming (playing-technique on string instruments)
8. 18th-century term for arpeggio