batlet

/ˈbætlət/

batlet means A short bat for beating clothes when washing them.

batlet is pronounced /ˈbætlət/.

Etymology

From bat + -let. Probably a spurious word, in the 20th century reborrowed from word-lists. Both this and batler are only known from the same Shakespeare locus; neither is it known that battler means a fuller’s beetle but him who beetles or “posses” the clothes. However for the meaning of a flat cuboid on a handle to clean textiles by muscles battril, which could be a metathesis of batler, is known to have been used in the Lancashire dialect, such as by Tim Bobbin on multiple occasions.

noun

A short bat for beating clothes when washing them.

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Words closest in meaning

By meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.

batling 62% match — A young, small, or baby bat. vs batlet →
bettle 61% match — A beetle; a mallet. vs batlet →
battering 61% match — A heavy beating. vs batlet →
beetling 59% match — The process by which fabrics, etc. are beetled, or beaten with a mallet. vs batlet →
batt 58% match — Pieces of fabric or fibre used for stuffing; as for batting or insulation vs batlet →
batteringly 58% match — So as to batter or beat. vs batlet →
batoon 58% match — A baton. vs batlet →
bethwack 58% match — To pelt, thrash, or cudgel soundly. vs batlet →