"batlet" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbætlət/ Forms: batlets [plural]
Etymology: From bat + -let. Probably a spurious word, in the 20th century reborrowed from word-lists. Both this and batler are only known from the same Shakespeare locus; neither is it known that battler means a fuller’s beetle but him who beetles or “posses” the clothes. However for the meaning of a flat cuboid on a handle to clean textiles by muscles battril, which could be a metathesis of batler, is known to have been used in the Lancashire dialect, such as by Tim Bobbin on multiple occasions. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bat|let}} bat + -let Head templates: {{en-noun}} batlet (plural batlets)
  1. A short bat for beating clothes when washing them. Wikipedia link: John Collier (caricaturist), Lancashire dialect Categories (topical): Laundry, Tools Synonyms: batling staff, batting staff, battledore, clap staff, fuller’s beetle, laundry bat, washing bat, washing beetle, washing paddle

Inflected forms

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