BATTEL
Bat"tel, n. Etym: [Of uncertain etymology.]
Defn: Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; — only in the pl., except when used adjectively. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]
BATTEL
Bat"tel, v. i.
Defn: To be supplied with provisions from the buttery. [Univ. of
Oxford, Eng.]
BATTEL
Bat"tel, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Batful, Batten, v. i.]
Defn: To make fertile. [Obs.] "To battel barren land." Ray.
BATTEL
Bat"tel, a.
Defn: Fertile; fruitful; productive. [Obs.]
A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. Fairfax.
BATTELER; BATTLER
Bat"tel*er, Bat"tler, n. Etym: [See 2d Battel, n.]
Defn: A student at Oxford who is supplied with provisions from the buttery; formerly, one who paid for nothing but what he called for, answering nearly to a sizar at Cambridge. Wright.