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Battering-ramnoun
an engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places
Battering-ramnoun
a blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
battering-ram
In antiquity, a military engine used to batter and beat down the walls of places besieged. There were two different kinds of battering-rams, one rude and plain, the other compound. The former seems to have been no more than a great beam, which the soldiers bore on their arms and shoulders, and with one end of it, by main force, assailed the walls. The compound ram 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 balanced so as to swing backwards and forwards, and was impelled by men against the wall. These rams were sometimes 120 feet in length.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of battering-ram in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of battering-ram in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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