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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Battel \Bat"tel\, noun [Obs. form. of {Battle}.] (Old Eng. Law) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See {Wager of battel}, under {Wager}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Battel \Bat"tel\, noun [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Battel \Bat"tel\, verb (used without an object) To be supplied with provisions from the buttery. [Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Battel \Bat"tel\, verb (used with an object) [Cf. {Batful}, {Batten}, verb (used without an object)] To make fertile. [Obs.] ''To battel barren land.'' --Ray.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Battel \Bat"tel\, adjective Fertile; fruitful; productive. [Obs.]
A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. --Fairfax.
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