and Bat-men. Bat-horses are those which carry officersʹ baggage during a campaign (French, bât, a pack-saddle). Bat-men are those who look after the pack-horses.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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