Obs. Also 6–7 battle. [a. OF. batel: see BATEAU.] A small boat, a skiff.
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron., 241. Vnder þam alle sank, bothe batelle and barge.
c. 1440. Morte Arth. (Roxb.), 103. With his batelle one brede, by tha blythe stremes.
1720. Stow’s Survey (Strype, 1754), I. II. x. 486/1. The lesser boat called a Battle [temp. Edw. III.].
