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battels

British  
/ ˈbætəlz /

plural noun

  1. (at some universities) the account of a member of a college for board, provisions, and other college expenses

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of battels

C16: perhaps from obsolete battle to feed, fatten, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

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"There go some windows into their battels," said Mr. Bielby.

From The Mark Of Cain by Lang, Andrew

Hunter apparently left Oxford after less than two months’ residence, as the last entry in the buttery book with charges for battels against his name is on July 25, 1755.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

College Battel.—What is the derivation of a word peculiar to the universities, battels: is it connected with batten?

From Notes and Queries, Number 232, April 8, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

After many battels and assaults done in the said place, by continuall shot of seuenteene great gunnes that beat the sayde plaine, the repaires and trauerses were almost broken and lost.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe by Hakluyt, Richard

This Kenrike was a victorious prince, and fought diuers battels against the Britains.

From Chronicles 1 (of 6): The Historie of England 5 (of 8) The Fift Booke of the Historie of England. by Holinshed, Raphael

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