Bat"tel (&?;), n. [Obs. form. of
Battle.] (Old Eng. Law) A single combat; as, trial by
battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.
Bat"tel, n. [Of uncertain etymology.]
Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; --
only in the pl., except when used adjectively. [Univ. of
Oxford, Eng.]
Bat"tel, v. i. To be supplied with
provisions from the buttery. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]
Bat"tel, v. t. [Cf. Batful,
Batten, v. i.] To make fertile. [Obs.]
"To battel barren land." Ray.
Bat"tel, a. Fertile; fruitful;
productive. [Obs.]
A battel soil for grain, for pasture good.
Fairfax.
