batlet, battlet

[Dimin. of Eng. bat (1).] A small bat, a flat wooden mallet, consisting of a square piece of wood with a handle, used to beat linen when taken out of the buck, with the view of whitening it. It is called also a batting staff and battledoor (q.v.). "I remember the ki ing of her batlet , and the cow's dugs that her pretty chopt hands had milked."Shakesp.: As You Like It , ii. 4.