(of a sword, lance, etc) not covered with a protective button
unbated in American English
(ʌnˈbeɪtɪd)
adjective
1. Archaic
not abated or diminished
2. Obsolete
not blunted
unbated lance
unbated in American English
(unˈbeitɪd)
adjective
1.
not abated; undiminished; unlessened
2. archaic
not blunted, as a lance or fencer's foil
Word origin
[1590–1600; un-1 + bate1 + -ed2]This word is first recorded in the period 1590–1600. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Byzantine, class, dummy, squeeze, volunteerun- is a prefix meaning “not,” freely used as an English formative, giving negative oropposite force in adjectives and their derivative adverbs and nouns (unfair; unfairly; unfairness; unfelt; unseen; unfitting; unformed; unheard-of; un-get-at-able), and less freely used in certain other nouns (unrest; unemployment); -ed is a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting fromthe action of the verb (inflated balloons). Other words that use the affix -ed include: integrated, limited, registered, saturated, unattended