Sekirov Dictionary

battel

noun4

  1. [in the plural] (UK) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
  2. [in the plural] (UK, no longer used) Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery.
  3. (UK, no longer used) A small allowance of food collegers receive from their dames (matrons) in addition to their college allowance
  4. (UK, no longer used) A single combat.

verb5

  1. To stand indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink from the buttery.
  2. To make fertile.
  3. To waste, especially time.
  4. To nullify.
  5. (no longer used) To supply with provisions from the buttery.

adjective1

  1. (no longer used) fertile; fruitful; productive
forms

batteled · battelled · batteling · battelling · battels · more battel · most battel

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