(1):

(n.) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager.

(2):

(v. i.) To be supplied with provisions from the buttery.

(3):

(v. i.) To make fertile.

(4):

(a.) Fertile; fruitful; productive.

(5):

(n.) Provisions ordered from the buttery; also, the charges for them; - only in the pl., except when used adjectively.