batable
English edit
Etymology edit
Abbreviated form of debatable.
Adjective edit
batable (comparative more batable, superlative most batable)
- (obsolete) disputable
- The border land between England and Scotland, being formerly a subject of contention, was called "batable ground".
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “batable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)