battner

English

Etymology

From batten +‎ -er; so called because beef is apt to batten or fatten those that eat it.

Noun

battner (plural battners)

1. (slang, obsolete) An ox.

   The cove has hushed the battner; i.e. has killed the ox.

References

• Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Anagrams

• Barnett, Bratten