battels

British  

/ ˈbætəlz /

plural noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of battels

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

Example Sentences

On one awful day the second master announced to me that my battels would be stopped.

From Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Trollope, Anthony

And besides those thrée battels, the Welshmen were set as a wing at one of the sides.

From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (4 of 12) Stephan Earle Of Bullongne by Holinshed, Raphael

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

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

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