battel

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English batel, batayle from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“military exercises”), from Latin battuō (“to strike, hit, beat, fight”), from a Gaulish root, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to stab, dig”). Doublet of battalia and battle. ==== Alternative forms ==== batail, battle ==== Noun ==== battel (plural battels) Archaic spelling of battle. (UK, law, obsolete) A single combat. trial by battel; wager of battel === Etymology 2 === ==== Adjective ==== battel (comparative more battel, superlative most battel) (obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive ==== Verb ==== battel (third-person singular simple present battels, present participle (US) batteling or (UK) battelling, simple past and past participle (US) batteled or (UK) battelled) (transitive) To make fertile. (ambitransitive, obsolete, Oxford University) To supply with provisions from the buttery. (intransitive, Oxford University) To stand indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink from the buttery. ==== Noun ==== battel (countable and uncountable, plural battels) (UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses. (UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery. (UK, Eton College, obsolete) A small allowance of food collegers receive from their dames (matrons) in addition to their college allowance ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === From Hebrew בטל. ==== Verb ==== battel (third-person singular simple present battels, present participle battelling, simple past and past participle battelled) (intransitive, Yeshivish) To waste, especially time. (transitive, Yeshivish) To nullify. === References === “battel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “battel”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “battle”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Battle, batlet, battle, tablet