overbattle
English
Alternative forms
- over-battle
- over battle
Etymology
From over- + battle (“fertile, fruitful”). More at over-, battle.
Adjective
overbattle (comparative more overbattle, superlative most overbattle)
- (dialectal or obsolete) Too fertile; too rich.
- For in the Church of God sometimes it cometh to pass as in over-battle grounds, the fertile disposition whereof is good. ― Hooker.
Related terms
- batten