bouvines

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Bouvines
    n 1: in 1214 the French under Philip Augustus defeated a
         coalition formed against him in one of the greatest battles
         of the middle ages

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]