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单词 battable
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battableadj.1

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s batable.
Etymology: < bat- (see batten v.1) + -able suffix.
Obsolete.
Of pasture-land: Good for the sustenance of flocks and herds; feeding, fattening; fertile in pasture.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [adjective] > pasture > rich
battle1513
batful1549
batsome1555
battable1577
batten1627
1577 W. Harrison Descr. Scotl. v. 5/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I There is good grasse, and very batable for their heards.
1589 A. Fleming tr. Virgil Georgiks ii. 27 in A. Fleming tr. Virgil Bucoliks What ground also is battable, or fat and lustie soile.
1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 53 Massinissa made many inward parts of Barbary..fruitfull and battable by this meanes.
1671 P. Heylyn Help to Eng. Hist. 425 Grounds as battable and rich for the feeding of Cattle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

battableadj.2

Etymology: < Old French batable, battable, < batt-re to beat; see -able suffix.
Obsolete.
Of metals: That may be hammered or beaten out, malleable.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > types of metal generally > [adjective] > malleable
ductilea1340
treatable1340
ductible1413
battable1601
ducible1657
superplastic1947
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 505 The other sort of copper..yeeldeth to the hammer and will be drawne out, whereupon some call it Ductile, i. battable.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Batable, beatable.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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