Bat-tāl'ia, n.

noun

(bat-tāl'yă), n. [Lat. & L. Lat. bŭt-talia, batalia, Pr. bataillia, batalha, battle, combat; corps d'armée, Fr. bataille, general combat, O. Fr. division, body of troops; Sp. batalla, It. battaglia. See BATTLE.] 1. The order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops, brigades, regiments, battalions, &c., as for action. A drawing up the armies in battalia. Bp. Taylor. 2. The main body of an army in array, as distinguished from the wings. [Obs.] Johnson.