a. Obs. [a. Sp. campal (cf. Minsheu 1599, ‘Campál, belonging to a champaine countrey, as Batálla campál, a champaine warre’) = F. campal, It. campale in med.L. campāl-is, f. camp-us CAMP sb.2 V.; see -AL.] Pertaining to the open country or ‘the field.’
1598. Barret, Theor. Warres, III. ii. 82. If it shold come to campall fight. Ibid., IV. i. 116. Slaine … in a campall battell. Ibid., V. ii. 152. Sufficient with a campall fortification.
1611. Cotgr., Campal, campall; of … a campe or field.
