单词 | bat-money |
释义 | > as lemmasbat-money 2. In bat-money: An allowance for carrying baggage in the field. Sometimes confused with batta n.1 ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > [noun] > pay-allowances allocation1658 field allowance1744 bat-money1793 proficiency pay1906 1793 W. Pitt in G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 127 He shall have directions about the bât and forage money. 1808 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) IV. 82 I should make an issue of bât and forage money to the Officers. 1813 R. Wilson Private Diary II. 279 Lord Castlereagh also notes that my income will be suitably augmented by a bât and forage allowance. < as lemmas |
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