battailous, bataylous ( English ), battalouss ( Scotch )

[Fr. bataille; Eng. suffix-ous.] IMG:content-1115.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Constituting one of the operations of battle; involving battle; warlike. "Those same against the bulwarke of the sight Did lay strong siege and battailous a ault" Spenser: F. Q., II. xi. 9. 2. Constituting preparation for battle; such as is adopted in battle. "He started up, and did himself prepare In sun-bright arms and battailous array." Fairfax .