batteringn.

/ˈbatərɪŋ/

Etymology: < batter v.¹

1. The action of beating with successive blows, esp. (in Military use) of attacking a fortification with cannon or other engines. Also figurative.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use of siege weapons > [noun]

battering1542

the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun] > heavily or severely

battering1542

pounding1633

dunting1683

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 220 His manier of battreyng.

a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iv. i. 180 The Turkes..after two daies battering, wonne it [the palace] by force.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 52 A most Effectual Engine..for the battering of all their Atheistical Structure down about their Ears.

1862 W. M. Thackeray Philip I. 89 Amidst enthusiastic battering of glasses.

2. The result of this action; bruising or defacement caused by successive blows.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > bruise

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contusiona1616

sugillation1623

mishanter1754

stone bruise1805

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birze1818

pound1862

strawberry1921

1558 Phaër Æneid in Webbe Eng. Poetrie (1870) 50 Helmets, skulles, with battrings marrd.

1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Desabollar To beate out the batterings in a peece of armor or plate.

3. attributive.

a. in ancient warfare, battering-engine n. an engine constructed for breaking down walls; so battering-machine, battering-ram n.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > engine of war > [noun] > battering-ram

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battering-ram1611

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1737 B. Franklin in Pennsylvania Gaz. 17–24 Nov. 1/1 The Stage and the Press..became battering engines against religion.

1774 J. Collyer Hist. Eng. II. 84 He assaulted the castle..with battering engines.

1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxxi. 560 He distributed his army into two parts, each provided with battering machines.

b. in modern warfare, battering-train n. a number of cannon specially intended for siege purposes; so battering-artillery, battering-cannon, battering-gun, battering-piece.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > siege-piece > collectively

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1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1523/1 They raysed their siege, chieflie bycause they had no great battering peeces to ouerthrow [printed oueruerthrow] the walles.

1697 London Gaz. No. 3319/2 Having ordered a Train of Battering Artillery to be provided.

1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxxviii. 244 Ten pieces of large brass battering cannon.

1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) V. 593 They are bringing a Battering Train into Spain from France.

c. battering-charge n. the full charge of powder for a cannon.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > charge > full charge for cannon

battering-charge1868

1868 Morning Star 17 June A charge of 100lb. is now considered the full battering charge.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Apr. 2/1 With a full battering charge (900lb. of powder).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

batteringadj.²

Etymology: < batter v.² + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbattering.

Architecture.

Leaning away from the perpendicular, with an inward or receding slope.

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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping

pyramidala1398

shoringc1503

slopec1503

pitching1519

current?1523

battering1589

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raking1665

sloped1683

shedding1688

slopy1740

raked1948

1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 25 in tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres The rampier must be raised, scarping, battering, or comming in, for euery one foot of height, one foot of scarpe.

1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 339 The..Battering surface, whence all projectures arise.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	battering
释义	batteringn. /ˈbatərɪŋ/ Etymology: < batter v.¹ 1. The action of beating with successive blows, esp. (in Military use) of attacking a fortification with cannon or other engines. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use of siege weapons > [noun] battering1542 the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun] > heavily or severely battering1542 pounding1633 dunting1683 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 220 His manier of battreyng. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iv. i. 180 The Turkes..after two daies battering, wonne it [the palace] by force. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. i. 52 A most Effectual Engine..for the battering of all their Atheistical Structure down about their Ears. 1862 W. M. Thackeray Philip I. 89 Amidst enthusiastic battering of glasses. 2. The result of this action; bruising or defacement caused by successive blows. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > bruise brusurea1375 frousshure1477 bruise1533 wan1533 battering1558 squat1578 intuse1590 battery1594 crush1601 contusiona1616 sugillation1623 mishanter1754 stone bruise1805 rainbow1810 birze1818 pound1862 strawberry1921 1558 Phaër Æneid in Webbe Eng. Poetrie (1870) 50 Helmets, skulles, with battrings marrd. 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Desabollar To beate out the batterings in a peece of armor or plate. 3. attributive. a. in ancient warfare, battering-engine n. an engine constructed for breaking down walls; so battering-machine, battering-ram n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > engine of war > [noun] > battering-ram rameOE wether14.. bowstowrec1425 rammera1460 montonc1515 battle-ram1535 horse1601 battering-ram1611 ram-engine1632 battering-engine1774 battering-machine1774 1737 B. Franklin in Pennsylvania Gaz. 17–24 Nov. 1/1 The Stage and the Press..became battering engines against religion. 1774 J. Collyer Hist. Eng. II. 84 He assaulted the castle..with battering engines. 1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxxi. 560 He distributed his army into two parts, each provided with battering machines. b. in modern warfare, battering-train n. a number of cannon specially intended for siege purposes; so battering-artillery, battering-cannon, battering-gun, battering-piece. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > piece of artillery > [noun] > siege-piece > collectively battering-artillery1697 battering-cannon1697 battering-piece1697 battering-train1697 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1523/1 They raysed their siege, chieflie bycause they had no great battering peeces to ouerthrow [printed oueruerthrow] the walles. 1697 London Gaz. No. 3319/2 Having ordered a Train of Battering Artillery to be provided. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxxviii. 244 Ten pieces of large brass battering cannon. 1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) V. 593 They are bringing a Battering Train into Spain from France. c. battering-charge n. the full charge of powder for a cannon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > ammunition for firearms > [noun] > charge > full charge for cannon battering-charge1868 1868 Morning Star 17 June A charge of 100lb. is now considered the full battering charge. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Apr. 2/1 With a full battering charge (900lb. of powder). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2019). batteringadj.¹ /ˈbatərɪŋ/ Forms: Also 1500s batring. Etymology: Formed as batter v.¹ + -ing suffix². That batters or violently assails with blows. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [adjective] > beating heavily or severely battering1587 pounding1678 pealing1740 1587 G. Gascoigne Posies 290 Such batring tiro this pamph[l]et here bewraies. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. v. 38 Town-battering Mars! 1871 F. W. Farrar Witness of Hist. iii. 102 The battering violence of his impassioned rhetoric. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021). batteringadj.² Etymology: < batter v.² + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbattering. Architecture. Leaning away from the perpendicular, with an inward or receding slope. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping pyramidala1398 shoringc1503 slopec1503 pitching1519 current?1523 battering1589 pitched1594 aslope1599 sloping1610 shelving1615 stooping1621 raking1665 sloped1683 shedding1688 slopy1740 raked1948 1589 P. Ive Pract. Fortification 25 in tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres The rampier must be raised, scarping, battering, or comming in, for euery one foot of height, one foot of scarpe. 1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 339 The..Battering surface, whence all projectures arise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1542adj.¹1587adj.²1589
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