battel

noun

1. (alt-of, archaic)Archaic spelling of battle.
2. (UK, obsolete)A single combat.

   “trial by battel; wager of battel”

3. (UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable)Fees charged by a college for accommodation and living expenses.
4. (UK, countable, in-plural, obsolete, uncountable)Provisions ordered from the kitchen and buttery.
5. (UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable)A small allowance of food collegers receive from their dames (matrons) in addition to their college allowance

adj

1. (obsolete)fertile; fruitful; productive

   “a battel soil for grain, for pasture good”

verb

1. (transitive)To make fertile.
2. (ambitransitive, obsolete)To supply with provisions from the buttery.
3. (intransitive)To stand indebted in the college-books for provisions and drink from the buttery.
4. (intransitive)To waste, especially time.
5. (transitive)To nullify.