batlet

      English

      Etymology

      bat +‎ -let

      Noun

      batlet (plural batlets)

      1. A short bat for beating clothes when washing them.
        (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

      Synonyms

      • batler
      • batling staff
      • batting staff

      Quotations

      • 1600 — William Shakespeare, As You Like it act ii, scene iv
        Touchstone: I remember, when I was in love I broke my sword upon a stone and bid him take that for coming a-night to Jane Smile; and I remember the kissing of her batlet and the cow's dugs that her pretty chopt hands had milked;

      Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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      Last modified on 23 April 2012, at 18:49