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==Etymology==
− It is from the verb [[af|en|bat|-ing]],^(OED 2026)^(SOED 2002)^(MWU 2024) or from the noun ''bat'', a club.^(OED 2026) The sense "cotton in sheets" is from the beating of raw cotton to clean it,^(AHD 2024)^(Etymonline) and Barnhart also derives it from [[batt]] (1830), a felted mass of fibre.^(Barnhart 1988)
+ It is [[af|en|bat|-ing]], from the verb ''bat'',^(OED 2026)^(SOED 2002)^(MWU 2024) or from the noun ''bat'', a club.^(OED 2026) The sense "cotton in sheets" is from the beating of raw cotton to clean it,^(AHD 2024)^(Etymonline) and Barnhart also derives it from [[batt]] (1830), a felted mass of fibre.^(Barnhart 1988)
==Earliest recorded meaning==