battel (plural battels)
Obsolete form of battle.
(UK, legal, obsolete) A single combat.
battel (comparative more battel, superlative most battel)
(obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive
battel (third-person singular simple present battels, present participle battelling, simple past and past participle battelled)
(transitive) To make fertile.
(ambitransitive, Britain, Oxford University) To supply with provisions from the buttery.
battel (countable and uncountable, plural battels)
(UK, Oxford University, mostly, in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
(UK, Oxford University, mostly, in the plural, obsolete) Provisions ordered from the buttery.
• Battle, batlet, battle, tablet
Source: Wiktionary
Bat"tel, n. Etym: [Obs. form. of Battle.] (Old Eng. Law)
Definition: A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.
Bat"tel, n. Etym: [Of uncertain etymology.]
Definition: Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]
Bat"tel, v. i.
Definition: To be supplied with provisions from the buttery. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]
Bat"tel, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Batful, Batten, v. i.]
Definition: To make fertile. [Obs.] "To battel barren land." Ray.
Bat"tel, a.
Definition: Fertile; fruitful; productive. [Obs.] A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. Fairfax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
