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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /batˈæi̯l(ə)/, /ˈbatɛl(ə)/, /ˈbatəl(ə)/
Noun
batayle (plural batayles)
- An extended fight, war or armed contest; battling or warring.
- A battle; a match between two rival armed forces.
- A company or band of soldiers; a portion of one's fighting force.
1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum x”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book II, by
William Caxton], published
31 July 1485,
→OCLC, leaf 43, verso; republished as H
Oskar Sommer, editor,
Le Morte Darthur , London:
David Nutt,
,
1889,
→OCLC,
page 86, lines
28–31:
Thenne kyng Arthur made redy his hooſt in x batails and Nero was redy in the felde afore the caſtel Tarabil with a grete hooſt / & he had x batails with many mo peple than Arthur had [...]- Then King Arthur made ready his host in 10 battles and Nero was ready in the field before the castle Tarabil with a great host / and he had 10 battles with many more people than Arthur had
- A duel or match to decide a dispute.
- A fight or dispute between ideas or religious forces:
- (rare) One's striving to eliminate or expunge malicious forces.
- (rare) A strike or blow from malicious forces.
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