"bat" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /bat/, /bɔt/ Forms: battes [plural], botten [plural]
Etymology: From Old English batt, from Celtic; influenced by Old French batte. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|batt}} Old English batt, {{der|enm|cel}} Celtic, {{der|enm|fro|batte}} Old French batte Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} bat, {{enm-noun|battes|pl2=botten}} bat (plural battes or botten)
  1. A mace, bat, or morningstar (blunt weapon) Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-bat-enm-noun-hXGqBhHj Disambiguation of Weapons: 71 10 10 5 5 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 50 6 11 15 18
  2. (rare) A pole or stick used for other Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-bat-enm-noun-BV2yjUhJ
  3. (rare, Late Middle English) A strike or hit from a weapon. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-bat-enm-noun-d~tLx0DA Categories (other): Late Middle English
  4. (rare, Late Middle English) A clump of soft material. Tags: Late-Middle-English, rare
    Sense id: en-bat-enm-noun-fjzA2i0X Categories (other): Late Middle English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: batt, batte, bot
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} bat
  1. (Northern) Alternative form of bot (“boat”) Tags: Northern, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: bot (extra: boat)
    Sense id: en-bat-enm-noun-HbGEsgIg Categories (other): Northern Middle English, Northern Middle English Disambiguation of Northern Middle English: 16 10 13 21 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for bat meaning in Middle English (3.6kB)

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