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English
Etymology
From Middle English batful, badfull, perhaps from Old English *batfull, equivalent to bat (“to improve"; as in "battle, batten”) + -ful. Compare also Old Norse bati (“improvement, profit, usefulness”).
Adjective
batful (comparative more batful, superlative most batful)
- (dialectal or obsolete) Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.
- Synonyms: (obsolete) batten, (obsolete) battle
1612, Michael Drayton, “Song 3”, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, , London: H L for Mathew Lownes; I Browne; I Helme; I Busbie, published 1613, →OCLC, page 47:The batfull pastures fenc’t, and most with quickset mound, / The sundry sorts of soyle, diversitie of ground; […]