BATTELS
Noun
battels
plural of battel
(obsolete, UK, school slang) A small sum of money given to pupils.
Synonyms
• (small sum of money): allowance, battlings, pocket money
Anagrams
• batlets, battles, tablets
Source: Wiktionary
BATTEL
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