batt

or bat

[ bat ]

/ bæt /

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noun

a sheet of matted cotton, wool, or synthetic fibers.

Nearby words

bats in one's belfry, have, bats-in-the-belfry, bats-wing coral-tree, batshit, batsman, batt, batt., battailous, battalia, battalion, battani

Origin of batt

First recorded in 1830–40; special use of bat¹

Definition for batt (2 of 2)

batt.

battalion.

battery.

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Examples from the Web for batt

The danger I'll run is only from being caught and sent to the penal battalion—the awful 'Batt d'Aff.'
A Soldier of the Legion|C. N. Williamson
As the portions of mounted corps were continually employed, the work which fell on the detachment, 1st Batt.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. IV (of 6)|Louis Creswicke
"This young man appears to have some trace of common-sense," said Mrs. Batt.
Police!!!|Robert W. Chambers
Two scientific gentlemen from New York requested permission to join this expedition, but Mrs. Batt refused them.
Police!!!|Robert W. Chambers

This little book does not profess to be in any way a history of the Ulster Division, nor even of the 11th Batt.
With the Ulster Division in France|Arthur Purefoy Irwin Samuels

British Dictionary definitions for batt

batt

/ (bæt) /

noun

textiles another word for batting (def. 1)

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

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