battel

[ bat-l ]

/ ˈbæt l /

British

noun

an account with or terminal bill from a college of Oxford University for board, kitchen, and buttery expenses.

battels, expenses, bills, and accounts of a student at Oxford, including those for clothing, books, and personal expenses as well as for tuition, lodging, and food.

verb (used without object), bat·teled, bat·tel·ing.

to have an account with or to be supplied with food and drink from a college kitchen or buttery at Oxford University.

Origin of battel

First recorded 1700–10; of uncertain origin; compare New Latin batillī, battillī, batellae, probably to be identified with late Middle English batell, battle, taken to mean “charge for provisions”; kinship with Scots, northern England dialect ba(i)ttle “rich, fattening (of pasture)” is dubious

OTHER WORDS FROM battel

bat·tel·er, noun

Words nearby battel

batt, battailous, battalia, battalion, batteau, battel, battels, battement, batten, Battenburg, batten down the hatches

Example sentences from the Web for battel

Battel further observes, that when one of these animals dies the rest cover his body with leaves and branches of trees.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
If there be less wisdom, in this new mode of practice, than in the old wager of Battel, I perceive it not.
Dealings With The Dead|A Sexton of the Old School
Battel was also wrong in the mode he described of the mother carrying its young, and the apes using sticks or clubs.
Gorillas & Chimpanzees|R. L. Garner
This truth is extremely obvious in the old black-letter lawbooks on the subject of "trial by battel."
Democracy In America, Volume 2 (of 2)|Alexis de Toqueville

No names are believed to be in this “Battel Roll,” which are not fully entitled to the distinction.
William Blake|Algernon Charles Swinburne

单词	battel
释义	battel [ bat-l ] / ˈbæt l / British noun an account with or terminal bill from a college of Oxford University for board, kitchen, and buttery expenses. battels, expenses, bills, and accounts of a student at Oxford, including those for clothing, books, and personal expenses as well as for tuition, lodging, and food. verb (used without object), bat·teled, bat·tel·ing. to have an account with or to be supplied with food and drink from a college kitchen or buttery at Oxford University. Origin of battel First recorded 1700–10; of uncertain origin; compare New Latin batillī, battillī, batellae, probably to be identified with late Middle English batell, battle, taken to mean “charge for provisions”; kinship with Scots, northern England dialect ba(i)ttle “rich, fattening (of pasture)” is dubious OTHER WORDS FROM battel bat·tel·er, noun Words nearby battel batt, battailous, battalia, battalion, batteau, battel, battels, battement, batten, Battenburg, batten down the hatches Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for battel Battel further observes, that when one of these animals dies the rest cover his body with leaves and branches of trees. Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)\|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon If there be less wisdom, in this new mode of practice, than in the old wager of Battel, I perceive it not. Dealings With The Dead\|A Sexton of the Old School Battel was also wrong in the mode he described of the mother carrying its young, and the apes using sticks or clubs. Gorillas & Chimpanzees\|R. L. Garner This truth is extremely obvious in the old black-letter lawbooks on the subject of "trial by battel." Democracy In America, Volume 2 (of 2)\|Alexis de Toqueville No names are believed to be in this “Battel Roll,” which are not fully entitled to the distinction. William Blake\|Algernon Charles Swinburne
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