Meaning of BATTERING RAM
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a ram used to break down doors of fortified buildings |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Easton Bible Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | (Ezek. 4:2; 21:22), a military engine, consisting of a long beam of wood hung upon a frame, for making breaches in walls. The end of it which was brought against the wall was shaped like a ram's head. |
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