batlet

== English == === Etymology === From bat +‎ -let. Probably a spurious word, in the 20th century reborrowed from word-lists. Both this and batler are only known from the same Shakespeare locus; neither is it known that battler means a fuller’s beetle but him who beetles or “posses” the clothes. However for the meaning of a flat cuboid on a handle to clean textiles by muscles battril, which could be a metathesis of batler, is known to have been used in the Lancashire dialect, such as by Tim Bobbin on multiple occasions. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbætlət/ === Noun === batlet (plural batlets) A short bat for beating clothes when washing them. Synonyms: batling staff, batting staff, battledore, clap staff, fuller’s beetle, laundry bat, washing bat, washing beetle, washing paddle ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “Belles Lettres”, in The Westminster Review‎[1], volumes 52 of the new series and 108 overall, 2 July 1877, pages 284–285 “battler, n.2.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000 “batler, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000 === Anagrams === Battle, battel, battle, tablet