battels
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Definitions ofbattels
- A single combat.
Example: "trial by battel; wager of battel"
- (Oxford University, chiefly in the plural) Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
- (Oxford University, chiefly in the plural) Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery.
- (Eton College) A small allowance of food collegers receive from their dames (matrons) in addition to their college allowance
- A contest, a struggle.
Example: "the battle of life"
- A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
- A division of an army; a battalion.
- The main body of an army, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; the battalia.
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