Defn: One who, or that which, batters.
BATTERING-RAM
Bat"ter*ing-ram`, n.
Defn: 1. (Mil.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.
Note: 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 t a beam supported by posts, and so balanced as to swing backward and forward, and was impelled by men against the wall. Grose.
2. A blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally.
BATTERING TRAIN
Bat"ter*ing train`. (Mil.)
Defn: A train of artillery for siege operations.
BATTERY
Bat"ter*y, n.; pl. Batteries. Etym: [F. batterie, fr. battre. See
Batter, v. t.]
1. The act of battering or beating.
2. (Law)