BATTERINGRAM

Battering ram

A battering ram is a siege engine originating in ancient times and designed to break open the masonry walls of fortifications or splinter their wooden gates.

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battering ram

Noun

  1. A heavy object used for battering down walls and gates before gunpowder was known.


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