battel
[ bat-l ]
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
1First 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
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How to use battel in a sentence
But within a hundred years the number of the commoners or battelers increased far beyond that allowed by the statutes.
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