Definition of "battel" in Englisch

noun

1. Archaic spelling of battle.

2. (UK, law, obsolete) A single combat.

   • trial by battel; wager of battel

adjective

1. (obsolete) fertile; fruitful; productive

verb

1. (transitive) To make fertile.

2. (ambitransitive, obsolete, Oxford University) To supply with provisions from the buttery.

3. (intransitive, Oxford University) To stand indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink from the buttery.

noun

1. (UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.

2. (UK, Oxford University, chiefly in the plural, obsolete) Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery.

3. (UK, Eton College, obsolete) A small allowance of food collegers receive from their dames (matrons) in addition to their college allowance

verb

1. (intransitive, Yeshivish) To waste, especially time.

2. (transitive, Yeshivish) To nullify.