Bat-tāl'ion or Bat-tāl'ioned, n.

(tāl'yun), n. [Fr. bataillon, It. battaglione. See BATTALIA.]

1. (Mil.) A body of troops, so called from being originally a body of men arrayed for battle; consisting, in the British army, of about eight hundred men, under the command of a lieutenant-colonel. In the United States service, an aggregation of from two to ten companies.
2. An army drawn up for battle. [Obs.] Shak. Bat-tāl'ioned, a. Formed into battalions. Barlow.