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Disputable. [Obs.]

Capable of being abated; as, an abatable writ or nuisance.

Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments.

d; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question. The Debatable Land or Ground, a tract of land between the Esk and the Sark, claimed by both England and Scotland; the Batable Ground.

A narrow flower bed. Border land, land on the frontiers of two adjoining countries; debatable land; -- often used figuratively; as, the border land of science. -- The Border, The Borders, specifically, the frontier districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent. -- Over the border, across the boundary line or f…

Capable of being contested; debatable.

Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious. Shak. No fences, parted fields, nor marks, nor bounds, Distinguished acres of litigious grounds. Dryden.

Subject, or open, to argument or discussion; undecided; debatable; mooted.

Capable of being qualified; abatable; modifiable. Barrow.

A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point. These are your quodlibets, but no learning. P. Fletcher.

The act of taking from an enemy by way of reteliation or indemnity. Debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place. Macaulay.