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Bate may refer to:

Places

Other uses

  • Bate (surname)
  • In falconry, to bate is, for a falconry bird tethered by the jesses, to attempt to fly; a bird hanging from the jesses is said to be "in a bate"
  • In colloquial and especially schoolboy usage, a bate is a rage; an angry child may be "in a bate" or "batey" (presumably derived from falconry).
  • In tannery, bate is a substance, often made from fermented animal dung, used to remove hair and the outer protein layer from the hide. Using it is called "bating".
  • FC BATE Borisov, a top Belarusian football club

See also