battels
Britishplural noun
Etymology
Origin of battels
C16: perhaps from obsolete battle to feed, fatten, of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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There are no gates, no porter's lodges, no butteries, no halls, no battels, and no common rooms.
From North America — Volume 1 by Trollope, Anthony
He told me the reason,—the battels for the last half-year had not been repaid; and he urged his own unwillingness to advance the money.
From Autobiography of Anthony Trollope by Trollope, Anthony
Certicus being then furnished with a conuenient armie, diuided the same into two battels, reseruing the one to himselfe, and the other he appointed to his sonne Kenrike.
From Chronicles 1 (of 6): The Historie of England 5 (of 8) The Fift Booke of the Historie of England. by Holinshed, Raphael
Their battels were high, and no check was put upon the bills which they chose to run up with tradesmen.
From The Life of Froude by Paul, Herbert W. (Herbert Woodfield)
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
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