overbattle

adj

overbattle

adj

Etymology From over- + battle (“fertile, fruitful”). More at over-, battle.

1

Dialectal, Obsolete Too fertile; too rich.

For in the Church of God sometimes it cometh to pass as in over-battle grounds, the fertile disposition whereof is good. ― Hooker.

Related terms: batten

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