Middle English Dictionary Entry
batel(le n.
Entry Info
| Forms | batel(le n. |
| Etymology | OF batel & ML batellus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A small boat; (b) a boatload.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.241 : Botes he toke & barges [F barges et batels]..Vnder þam alle sank bothe batelle & barge.
- (1429) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)10.430 : All manere of Shippes, Batelles..taken by See.
b
- (1444-5) Fabric R.Yk.Min.in Sur.Soc.3559 : Willelmo Jowkyn, shipman, pro batellagio xv batell petrarum de Cawood usque ad ripam Sancti Leonardi.