BATTERING-RAM

primitive military weapon, dating back to times of Joseph us, or earlier, used for beating down the walls of a fortre ; it was a heavy beam, about 120 ft. long, shod at the fore end with a piece of metal, shaped like a ram’s head, and generally slung in a wooden protected framework. S.W. London; Surry side, Thames, posite Chelsea, and communicating bridges; fine park; factories and dries.