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batlets

batlets is the plural of batlet.

Meaning of batlet

Noun

batlet (plural batlets)

  1. A short bat for beating clothes when washing them.
    • Clo[wn]. And I mine: I remember when I was in loue, I broke my ſword vpon a ſtone, and bid him take that for comming a night to Iane Smile, and I remember the kiſſing of her batler [var. batlet], and the Cowes dugs that her prettie chopt hands had milk’d; […]c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
    Synonyms:
    batling staff, batting staff, battledore, clap staff, fuller’s beetle, laundry bat, washing bat, washing beetle, washing paddle

Questions about batlets

What is batlets the plural of?
Batlets is the plural of batlet.

Words near batlets in the dictionary

  1. batlers
  2. batless
  3. batlet
  4. batleth
  5. batleths
  6. batlets
  7. Batley
  8. Batley Carr
  9. Batleys
  10. batlhanka
  11. batlike

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