\Bat"tel\, n. [Obs. form. of {Battle}.] (Old Eng. Law)
A single combat; as, trial by battel. See {Wager of battel},
under {Wager}.

\Bat"tel\, n. [Of uncertain etymology.]
Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for
them; -- only in the pl., except when used adjectively.
[Univ. of Oxford, Eng.]

\Bat"tel\, v. i.
To be supplied with provisions from the buttery. [Univ. of
Oxford, Eng.]

\Bat"tel\, v. t. [Cf. {Batful}, {Batten}, v. i.]
To make fertile. [Obs.] ``To battel barren land.'' --Ray.

\Bat"tel\, a.
Fertile; fruitful; productive. [Obs.]
      A battel soil for grain, for pasture good. --Fairfax.