A contest, a struggle.
the battle of life
A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; a combat, an engagement.
A division of an army; a battalion.
Thenne kyng Arthur made redy his hooſt in x batails and Nero was redy in the felde afore the caſtel Tarabil with a grete hooſt / & he had x batails with many mo peple than Arthur had […]
To join in battle; to contend in fight
Scientists always battle over theories.
To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.
Of grass or pasture: nutritious to cattle or sheep; fattening, nourishing.
battle grass battle pasture
A habitational surname from Middle English from places in England that have been sites of a battle.
A place name:
From Middle English batel, batell, batelle, batayle, bataylle, borrowed from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“fighting and fencing exercises”) from Latin battuō (“...
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She has been battling cancer for years.
To feed or nourish (someone or something).