5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Battel  \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.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Battel  \Bat"tel\,  v.  i. 
  To  be  supplied  with  provisions  from  the  buttery.  [Univ.  of 
  Oxford,  Eng.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Battel  \Bat"tel\,  v.  t.  [Cf.  {Batful},  {Batten},  v.  i.] 
  To  make  fertile.  [Obs.]  ``To  battel  barren  land.''  --Ray. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Battel  \Bat"tel\,  a. 
  Fertile;  fruitful;  productive.  [Obs.] 
 
  A  battel  soil  for  grain,  for  pasture  good.  --Fairfax. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Battel  \Bat"tel\,  n.  [Obs.  form  of  {Battle}.]  (Old  Eng.  Law) 
  A  single  combat;  as  trial  by  battel.  See  {Wager  of  battel}, 
  under  {Wager}. 

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