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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Battaling, Battelling, n. Also: battalyng, batalling, batalȝing, -ȝeng; batteling, batelling, -yng, battilling, batiling; bataillyne, battaline, battellin(e, battellend, batlein. [ME. batayling, f. batayle Battail v.]

1. Battlements.(a) 1375 Barb. iv. 136.
That battalyng, withouten dout, Saffit thair liffis 1491 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 72.
Castrum seu fortalicium … cum vectibus ferreis, le battaling, machcoling, portculicis, le drawbriggis 1500 Coll. Aberd. & B. 318.
To big … a toure and fortalice … and thairuppoun to mak bertasing, battaling, machculing, … and all other defens 1504 Treas. Acc. II. 440.
To Nichol Jakson, masoun, … for the bigging of the battaling of the west side of the Place of Linlithqw, v Franch crounis 1512 Reg. Privy S. I. 358/2.
To erect … his fortalice of Carnok, with irn ȝettis. barmkin, portculis, battaling, corbaldsailȝe and uther maner of fortifiing and strengthin necessar 1513 Doug. ii. viii. 14.
Thai … oft with rycht handis grypp the battalyng wald 1529 Reg. Episc. Aberd. I. 395.
[He] hes gart big … ane substantious brig … with pillaris, pendis, … battaling and cawseis 1535–6 M. Works Acc. IV. 50.
The gret hous … battalit on baith the gavillis … with certane lychtis … vnder the said batalȝing 1589 Trans. Edinb. Archit. IX. 130.
Ane fair and sufficient battaling abone the said Port 1618 Elgin Rec. II. 155.
That the sputtis of the battaling of the kirk hes not bein red 1638 Rec. Univ. Aberd. 410.
The bake batalling and sputtis of leid of the kirk(b) 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. iii. 147.
Skarsment, reprise, corbell, and battellingis 1508 Reg. Privy S. I. 253/2.
To byg … his fore hous … with battelling, machcoling and all uther maner of defens 1513 Doug. ix. ix. 12; Ib. xii. xi. 132.
Thar stude a towr of tre … With batellyng and kyrnellys all at ryght 1537 Reg. Privy S. II. 376/2.
To big and have ane hous within the burgh of Banff of palice wys, with barmking, battelling, gun hoillis, and uthiris munitionis 1554 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 281.
The bigging, beyting, and mending of the battelling and alering of the tolbuith 1556–7 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 214.
Ressavit … xxx peice hewin work … and ane peice battelling 1588 Aberd. B. Rec. II. 61.
To mend and reforme the batteling of the said poirt 1616 Ib. 335.
The bigging of the said wardhous … with a platforme and a battelling 1623 Rec. Univ. Aberd. 282.
That the battilling abone the east yett sould be mendit and poyntit 1635 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 31.
Mathow vndertakis to sweip and keip clein the haill battilingis and spoutis … of baith kirkis(c) Brus iv. 136 (E).
That bataillyne … sawyt thair lywys 1570 Leslie 222.
The ould man … by sic slie shift gat up aloft apoun the battelline 1653 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 264.
To sicht and visie the batlein of the tolbooth gif it standis in necessitie to be pointed 1661 Ib. 458.
Sand … to mix with lyme for casting of the steiples. battellin of the tolbuith [etc.]

2. Attrib. with stane, tabill. 1531 M. Works Acc. I. 15.
lx pece battilling tabill … for furnysing of the stane werk of the roundis 1570 Leslie 130.
The haill battellin stains of Davidis tour wes blawin doun