batful

== English == === Alternative forms === batfull (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English batful, badfull, perhaps from Old English *batfull, equivalent to bat (“to improve"; as in "battle, batten”) +‎ -ful. Compare also Old Norse bati (“improvement, profit, usefulness”). === Adjective === batful (comparative more batful, superlative most batful) (dialectal or obsolete) Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil. Synonyms: (obsolete) batten, (obsolete) battle