Battering-ram
1 Battering Ram — Студийный альбом Iron Savio …
2 battering ram — battering rams also battering ram N COUNT A battering ram is a long heavy piece of wood that is used to knock down the locked doors of buildings. The battering ram was smashing through the oak door …
3 battering ram — n. 1. an ancient military machine having a heavy wooden beam, sometimes with an iron ram s head at its end, for battering down gates, walls, doors, etc. 2. any bar, log, etc. used like this to force entrance …
4 Battering-ram — Bat ter*ing ram , n. 1. (Mil.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places. [1913 Webster] 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… …
5 battering ram — ► NOUN ▪ a heavy object swung or rammed against a door to break it down. ORIGIN the object was originally in the form of a heavy beam with a carved ram s head at the end …
6 battering ram — index cudgel Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7 battering ram — battering .ram n a long heavy piece of wood used in wars in the past to break through walls or doors …
8 battering ram — battering ,ram noun count a large heavy wooden or metal post used for breaking through gates and doors …
9 Battering ram — A battering ram is a siege engine originating in ancient times to break open fortification walls or doors.In its simplest form, a battering ram is just a large, heavy log carried by several people and propelled with force against an obstacle; the …
10 battering ram — noun a ram used to break down doors of fortified buildings (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑ram, ↑engine * * * noun, pl ⋯ rams [count] : a large and heavy piece of wood or other material that is used to hit and break through walls and doors * * *… …
11 battering ram — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms battering ram : singular battering ram plural battering rams a large heavy wooden or metal post used for breaking through gates and doors …
12 battering-ram — see battering ram …
13 battering ram — 1. an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls, gates, etc. 2. any of various similar devices, usually machine powered, used in demolition, by police and firefighters to force entrance to a building, etc. [1605 …
14 battering ram — bat′tering ram n. 1) mil an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls, gates, etc 2) cvb any similar devices used in demolition, to force entrance to a building, etc • Etymology: 1605–15 …
15 battering ram — noun a) (also ram) A heavy object used by some peoples in history for battering down walls and gates before gunpowder was known to them. b) This object borne as a charge in a coat of arms …
16 battering ram — /ˈbætərɪŋ ræm/ (say batuhring ram) noun an ancient military machine with a heavy horizontal beam for battering down walls, etc …
17 battering-ram — battˈering ram noun A large beam used for battering down walls • • • Main Entry: ↑batter …
18 Battering-ram — (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 …
19 battering ram — bat·ter·ing ram || bætÉ™rɪŋ large hard tool used to beat in a locked door or wall …
20 battering ram — noun a heavy object swung or rammed against a door to break it down. ↘historical a heavy beam, originally with an end in the form of a carved ram s head, used in breaching fortifications …
