battable

battable

English

Etymology

See batful, +‎ -able.

Adjective

battable (comparative more battable, superlative most battable)

1. (obsolete) Capable of cultivation; fertile; productive.
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy

     Massinissa made many inward parts of Barbarie and Numidia in Africk (before his time incult and horrid) fruitful and battable by this means.

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French

Etymology

battre +‎ -able

Adjective

battable (plural battables)

1. beatable (able to be beaten)

Derived terms

• imbattable