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baterel (s.xiii)
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baterel (s.xiii)

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pl. baterés  
  FEW:  battuere 1,292a Gdf:  baterel 1,599c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  batre (baterel)  DMF:  battereau  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED:  baterel n.  DMLBS:  baterellus 187b

s.

1clapper of a bell: 
( MS: s.xiii )  Artifices sunt illi subtiles qui fundunt campanas ex ere sonore, per quas in ecclesiis hore dieie denunciantur motu batillorum (gloss: (L) de baterés) et cordarum attractarum  TLL i 197.23 and ii 129.23
( 1267; MS: c.1300 )  (referring to involuntary homicide) Sicum al prestre bien suner list, E par kas un humme en oscist, U du baterel u coment ke seit, De ceo cupable estre ne deit  Lum Lais ANTS 8111
2clapper of a mill (for striking or shaking the hopper so as to make grain move down the millstones): 
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  Et apte collocant molares, qui molunt de faricapsia farinam, que batillo (gloss: (D*) baterel) (var. (L: s.xiii) sclaps) molendini descendit in alveum farinosum  TLL i 199.48 and ii 135.48

See also:

batel2  batuer 
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