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battels
/ ˈbætəlz /
plural noun
- (at some universities) the account of a member of a college for board, provisions, and other college expenses
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Word History and Origins
Origin of battels1
C16: perhaps from obsolete battle to feed, fatten, of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences
The next daie the king diuided his whole power into thrée battels, and after in good arraie approched nigh to the towne of Stoke.
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On one awful day the second master announced to me that my battels would be stopped.
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And besides those thrée battels, the Welshmen were set as a wing at one of the sides.
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This, indeed, is proved sufficiently by the average amount of the battels.
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Then euerie man was set in order of battell, and there were foure battels ordeined, one to aid another.
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