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

Notwithstanding he was very often and in diuers battels vanquished by Plettebergius the great master of the Dutch knights: but it is not to the purpose to stand any longer vpon this discourse.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 03 by Hakluyt, Richard

But now, knight-marhsall, frolike with thy king, For tis thy sonne that winnes this battels prize.

From The Spanish Tragedie by Kyd, Thomas

Every boy had a shilling a week pocket-money, which we called battels, and which was advanced to us out of the pocket of the second master.

From Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Trollope, Anthony

Buttery and kitchen books were adding up their sums total; bursars were preparing for battels;* witless men were cramming for —- * Battels are the accounts of the expenses of each student.

From Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Bede, Cuthbert

White's highest terminal battels were but 12 pounds, though he was a hospitable man, and would readily treat the other Proctor to a bowl of punch.

From Oxford by Lang, Andrew