About The Word Battering-ram
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Battering-ram
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What's The Definition Of Battering-ram?
[n] a ram used to break down doors of fortified buildings
Synonyms | Synonyms for Battering-ram: Related Terms | Find terms related to Battering-ram: See Also | ram Battering-ram In Webster's Dictionary \Bat"ter*ing-ram`\, n.
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 to 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.
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