battalia

American  

[buh-teyl-yuh, -tahl-] / bəˈteɪl jə, -ˈtɑl- /

noun

Obsolete.

1. order of battle.

2. an armed or arrayed body of troops.

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Etymology

Origin of battalia

1585–95; < Italian battaglia body of troops, battle ¹

Example Sentences

In its centre was the battalia, composed of six hundred splendid cavalry, all noblemen of France, supported by a column of three hundred Swiss and two thousand French infantry.

From By England's Aid Or, the Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-1604 by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

In its centre was the battalia composed of six hundred splendid cavalry, all noblemen of France, supported by a column of three hundred Swiss and two thousand French infantry.

From By England's Aid or the Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Both armies being drawn out in battalia, that of the King's, trusting to their numbers, began to charge with great fury, but without any order.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 10 Historical Writings by Swift, Jonathan

The king drew up his army in battalia, in person, and faced them all the next day, inviting them to renew the fight; but they had no stomach to come on again.

From Memoirs of a Cavalier A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. by Defoe, Daniel

He sends him directly to the king, who was by this time at the head of his army, in full battalia, ready to follow his vanguard, expecting a hot day's work of it.

From Memoirs of a Cavalier A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. by Defoe, Daniel