BATTLEDOOR Bat"tle*door`, n. Etym: [OE. batyldour. A corrupted form of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. batallador a great combatant, he who has fought many battles, Pg. batalhador, Pr. batalhador, warrior, soldier, fr. L. battalia; or cf. Pr. batedor batlet, fr. batre to beat, fr. L. batuere. See Battle, n.]
1. An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock.
2. Etym: [OE. battleder.]
Defn: A child's hornbook. [Obs.] Halliwell.
BATTLEMENT Bat"tle*ment, n. Etym: [OE. batelment; cf. OF. bataillement combat, fr. batailler, also OF. bastillier, bateillier, to fortify. Cf. Battle, n., Bastile, Bastion.] (Arch.) (a) One of the solid upright parts of a parapet in ancient fortifications. (b) pl. The whole parapet, consisting of alternate solids and open spaces. At first purely a military feature, afterwards copied on a smaller scale with decorative features, as for churches.
BATTLEMENTED
Bat"tle*ment*ed, a.
Defn: Having battlements.
A battlemented portal. Sir W. Scott.
BATTLE RANGE
Bat"tle range`. (Mil.)
Defn: The range within which the fire of small arms is very destructive. With the magazine rifle, this is six hundred yards.
BATTLE SHIP
Battle ship. (Nav.)