Brewer's: Bat-horses

and Bat-men. Bat-horses are those which carry officers' baggage during a campaign (French, bât, a pack-saddle). Bat-men are those who look after the pack-horses.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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