subs. phr. (rhyming slang).—A ‘tile’; a hat: e.g., ‘Kool his BATTLE, Bill’ = ‘Look at his hat, Bill’: see CADY.
1887. J. W. HORSLEY, Jottings from Jail. Come, cows-and-kisses, put the BATTLE OF THE NILE on your Barnet fair, and a rogue and villain in your sky-rocket.
