battels

noun

Meaning

A single combat.
(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.
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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