Battel Definition

noun

Obsolete form of battle.

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(UK, law, obsolete) A single combat.
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(UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural) Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them.

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verb

To make fertile.

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(UK, Oxford University) To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.

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Other Word Forms of Battel

Noun

Singular:
battel
Plural:
battels

Battel Sentence Examples

  • From this appears that Battel was familiar with both the chimpanzee and the gorilla, the former of which he terms engeco and the latter pongo - names which ought apparently to be adopted for these two species in place of those now in use.

  • It contains three episodes of the cycle, the "Forray of Gadderis" (not taken from the Fuerre de Gadres but from the Assaut de Tyr in the Romans d'Alixandre), " The Avowes of Alexander," and "The Great Battel of Effesoun," taken from the Viceux du paon.

  • The first real account of the gorilla appears to be the one given by an English sailor, Andrew Battel, who spent some time in the wilds of West Africa during and about the year 1590; his account being presented in Purchas's Pilgrimage, published in the year 1613.

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Words Starting With

BBABAT

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LELTEL

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