Batter
Batter (bat"tẽr) , transitive verb
[Old English bateren, Old French batre, French battre, from Late Latin battere, for Latin batuere to strike, beat; of unknown origin. Compare Abate, Bate to abate.]
1.
To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart.
2.
To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.
Each battered jade.
3.
(Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
Batter , noun
[Old English batere, batire; compare Old French bateure, bature, a beating. See Batter, transitive verb]
1.
A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery. — King
2.
Paste of clay or loam. — Holland
3.
(Printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
Batter , noun
A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
Collocations (1)
Batter rule , an instrument consisting of a rule or frame, and a plumb line, by which the batter or slope of a wall is regulated in building.
Batter , intransitive verb
(Architecture) To slope gently backward.
Batter (bat"tẽr) , noun
The one who wields the bat in baseball; the one whose turn it is at bat; formerly called the batsman.