Battery

bat′ėr-i, n. ( Shak. ) a wound: a number of cannon with their equipment: the place on which cannon are mounted: the men and horses attending one battery, constituting the unit in the artillery: an instrument used in electric and galvanic experiments: ( law ) an a ault by beating or wounding: apparatus for preparing or serving meals.— Cro batteries , two batteries commanding the same spot from different directions; Floating battery (see Float ); Masked battery , a battery in action out of the enemy's view; To change one's battery , to alter the direction of attacking.