Defn: Embattled. [Obs.] Chaucer.
BATARDEAU
Ba`tar*deau", n. Etym: [F.]
1. A cofferdam. Brande & C.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: A wall built across the ditch of a fortification, with a sluice gate to regulate the height of water in the ditch on both sides of the wall.
BATATAS; BATATA
Ba*ta"tas, Ba*ta"ta, n.
Defn: An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipomæa batatas).
BATAVIAN
Ba*ta"vi*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to (a) the Batavi, an ancient Germanic tribe; or to (b) as, a Batavian legion. Batavian Republic, the name given to Holland by the French after its conquest in 1795.
BATAVIAN
Ba*ta"vi*an, n.