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

From battre +‎ -able.

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Adjective

battable (plural battables)

1. beatable (able to be beaten)

Derived terms

• imbattable