batt

or bat

[ bat ]
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noun
  1. a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.

Origin of batt

1
First recorded in 1830–40; special use of bat1

Words Nearby batt

Other definitions for batt. (2 of 2)

batt.

abbreviation
  1. battalion.

  2. battery.

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How to use batt in a sentence

  • I am very sorry to hear that batt is detained at Oxford in a bad state of health, with some symptoms of a growing dropsy.

  • From the first batt applied himself to win his patroness' favour to his clever and needy friend.

    The Age of Erasmus | P. S. Allen
  • His letters to batt—the replies which came he never published—are remarkable reading, and do credit to both sides.

    The Age of Erasmus | P. S. Allen
  • Well, sir, o' course I've got those what I pinched off t' batt'ry that was here before!

    Servants of the Guns | Jeffery E. Jeffery
  • This 'appened in a battle to a batt'ry of the corps Which is first among the women an' amazin' first in war.

    Servants of the Guns | Jeffery E. Jeffery

British Dictionary definitions for batt

batt

/ (bæt) /


noun
  1. textiles another word for batting (def. 1)

  2. Australian and NZ a slab-shaped piece of insulating material used in building houses

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