batful

English

Alternative forms
  • batfull (obsolete)

Etymology

From bat (“to improve"; as in "battle, batten”) +‎ -ful.

Adjective

batful (comparative more batful, superlative most batful)

  1. (dialectal or obsolete) Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil.
    • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 3 p. 47:
      The batfull pastures fenc’t, and most with quickset mound,
      The sundry sorts of soyle, diversitie of ground;
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