BATEMENTS

Noun

batements

plural of batement

Anagrams

• abetments

Source: Wiktionary


BATEMENT

Bate"ment, n. Etym: [For Abatement. See 2d Bate.]

Definition: Abatement; diminution. Moxon. Batement light (Arch.), a window or one division of a window having vertical sides, but with the sill not horizontal, as where it follows the rake of a staircase.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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