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

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battels

In our battels at the end of the week we were all charged half-a-crown for refreshing the band, so that they could not have gone away hungry—or thirsty.

From Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate by Charles Turley

There are no gates, no porter's lodges, no butteries, no halls, no battels, and no common rooms.

From North America — Volume 1 by Anthony Trollope

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 Raphael Holinshed

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 Andrew Lang

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 Richard Hakluyt