batlet
English
Noun
batlet (plural batlets)
- A short bat for beating clothes when washing them.
- 1600, Shakespeare, William, 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;
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Synonyms
- batler
- batling staff
- batting staff
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