batt

[Fr. batte... the bolster of a saddle.1 The bolster of a saddle. ( Scotch.) To keep one at the batt = to keep one steady. 461 "I hae had eneuch ado wi' John Gray; for though he's nae bad hand when he's on the loom, it is nae easy matter to keep him at the batt ."-Hogg: Winter Tales, 1. 377. (Jamie son.)