battalia

[From Cla . & Low Lat. battalia, batalia. In Ital. battaglia = a battle, a fight; Port. batalha; Prov. batalha, batailla; Sp. batalla; Fr. bataille. Wachter calls bat tali a originally a Burgundian word.] [BATTLE.] 1. Order of battle, battle-array. "Both armies being drawn out in battalia , that of the king's, trusting to their numbers, began the charge with great fury, but without any order."- Swift : Reign of King Henry I. 2. An army, or portions of it, arranged in order of battle spec ., the main body as distinguished from the wings. "Arm'd and array'd for instant fight, Rose archer, spearman, squire, and knight, And in the pomp of battle bright The dread battalia frown'd." Scott: Lord of the Isles, vi. 30.