BATTEL

Etymology 1

Noun

battel (plural battels)

Obsolete form of battle.

(UK, legal, obsolete) A single combat.

Etymology 2

Adjective

battel (comparative more battel, superlative most battel)

(obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive

Verb

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.

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• Battle, batlet, battle, tablet

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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