(idiomatic) To prepare for trouble.

(sewing) Cotton, wool, silk or synthetic material used to stuff the inside of a mattress, quilt etc. / Special cotton for surgery.

The act of someone who bats. / (cricket, baseball) The action of using a bat.

present participle of bat

(cricket) Each of a pair of protective gloves worn by a batsman to prevent damage to the fingers and hands

A medium grey colour tinged with blue, like that of a battleship.

Of a medium grey colour tinged with blue, like that of a battleship.

A habitational surname from Middle English from places in England that have been sites of a battle. / A town in East Sussex, England; supposed site of the Battle of Hastings.

(historical) A heavy object used for battering down walls and gates before gunpowder was known.

(Jamaica, US, Canada, Britain) extremely short shorts worn by women, so as to expose part of the buttocks