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.

French

Etymology

battre +‎ -able

Adjective

battable (plural battables)

  1. beatable (able to be beaten)

Derived terms
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