† ˈbatful, a. Obs.
[f. bat- (see batten v.) + -ful; a favourite word of Drayton's.]
= battable.
| 1549 Thomas Hist. Italy 1 Fertile fieldes, pleasaunt hilles, batfull pastures, &c. 1607 J. Davies Summa Tot. (1875) 26 The Beggers Belly is the batful'st ground That we can sow in. 1612 Drayton Poly-olb. x. 159 That Brooke whose course so batfull makes her mould. |