Obs. [a. OF. batable, battable, f. batt-re to beat; see -ABLE.] Of metals: That may be hammered or beaten out, malleable.
1601. Holland, Pliny, II. 505. The other sort of copper … yeeldeth to the hammer and will be drawne out, whereupon some call it Ductile, i. battable.
[1611. Cotgr., Batable, beatable.]
