Batful

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Rich; fertile, as in reference to land or soil. dialectal, obsolete

    "The batfull pastures fenc’t, and most with quickset mound, / The sundry sorts of soyle, diversitie of ground; […]"

Etymology

From Middle English batful, badfull, perhaps from Old English *batfull, equivalent to bat (“to improve"; as in "battle, batten”) + -ful. Compare also Old Norse bati (“improvement, profit, usefulness”).

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