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battells

battells is the plural of battell.

battells is the alternative form of battels.

Meaning of battels

Noun

battels

  1. A members' termly bills at many colleges at the Universities of Oxford and Durham.
  2. (UK, obsolete, school slang) A small sum of money given to pupils.
    • Every boy had a shilling a week pocket-money, which we called battels, and which was advanced to us out of the pocket of the second master. On one awful day the second master announced to me that my battels would be stopped.1880, Anthony Trollope, “My Education”, in An Autobiography, volume 1, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1883, page 13

Questions about battells

What is battells the plural of?
Battells is the plural of battell.

Words near battells in the dictionary

  1. battelled
  2. batteller
  3. battellers
  4. battelles
  5. battelling
  6. battells
  7. battelly
  8. battels
  9. battement
  10. battements
  11. batten

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