batillare

batillare 1 to provide (ships) with defence works. 1213 pro ‥ bordis de sapa et quercu ad ~andas naves nostras Cl 152b; 1233 naves ~ari et ‥ eschypari faciant, ituras in servicio regis Cl 341; 1234 pro hechis [galearum] et eisdem ~andis Pipe 78 r. 16d.. 2 to embattle (walls or buildings), provide with battlements. 1317 cementariis ‥ operantibus circa ‥ duas magnas coquinas ~andas KR Ac 468/20 f. 11; pro iiij farcostatis petre rag’ ‥ ad inde batelliand’ parvam aulam Ib. f. 13; 1325 (v. 1 batillum); c1421 ad facturam ‥ muri vatellati Arch. Hist. Camb. I 78; 1448 licenciam dedimus ‥ Thome Browne quod ipse maneria sua ‥ cum muris lapideis et cilicinis includere, kernellare et batellare ‥ possit ChartR 190 m. 47; 1491 muros et turres ‥ batellare, kamellare et machicollare Pat 572 m. 5. 3 to decorate with embattled (indented) rims. 1385 una pixis parva ‥ in quodam cooperculo batellat’ MonA VI 1367; 1405 unum gobellum argenti deaurat’ cum cooperculo batellat’ Test. Ebor. I 318; 1440 unum discum ~atum Pat 446 m. 13; c1500 duo candelabra argentea ‥ ~ata in summitate Fabr. York 217.

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