The Collaborative International Dictionary
Battailous \Bat"tail*ous\, a. [OF. bataillos, fr. bataille. See
Battle, n.]
Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike. [Obs.]
``In battailous aspect.''
--Milton.
Wiktionary
a. (context obsolete English) warlike, battle-ready.
Usage examples of "battailous".
But when as earthly wight they present saw,Glistring in armes and battailous aray,From their whot worke they did themselues withdrawTo wonder at the sight: for till that day,They neuer creature saw, that came that way.
Those same against the bulwarke of the SightDid lay strong siege, and battailous assault,Ne once did yield it respit day nor night,But soone as Titan gan his head exault,And soone againe as he his light withhault,Their wicked engins they against it bent:That is each thing, by which the eyes may fault:But two then all more huge and violent,Beautie, and money, they that Bulwarke sorely rent.
And now he hath to her prefixt a day,By which if that no champion doe appeare,Which will her cause in battailous arrayAgainst him iustifie, and proue her cleareOf all those crimes, that he gainst her doth reare,She death shall by.