n. 1. (Mil.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ It was a large beam, with a head of iron, which was sometimes made to resemble the head of a ram. It was suspended by ropes to a beam supported by posts, and so balanced as to swing backward and forward, and was impelled by men against the wall. Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally. [ 1913 Webster ]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battered}
(b[a^]t"t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battering}.] [OE. bateren,
OF. batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to
strike, beat; of unknown origin. Cf. {Abate}, {Bate} to
abate.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with
violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to
batter a wall or rampart.
[1913 Webster]
2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage. "Each
battered jade." --Pope.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to
compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
battering \bat"ter*ing\ n.
the act or process of subjecting to strong repeated blows.
Syn: banging.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
battering
n 1: the act of subjecting to strong attack [syn: {battering},
{banging}]
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