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battering ramMedieval weapon consisting of a heavy timber with a metal knob or point at the front. Rams were used to beat down the gates or walls of a besieged city or castle. Usually suspended by ropes from the roof of a movable shed, the timber was swung back and forth by its operators so that it banged against the structure under siege. The shed's roof was covered with animal skins to protect the operators inside it from bombardment with stones or fiery materials. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The boys loved exploring ruins and learning about shields, swords, catapults, and battering rams. As long as such people held high positions in the Republican Party, Democrats could use them as rhetorical battering rams. ``You've got this image of photographers driving around like Mad Max with big battering rams on their cars smashing into celebrities to take pictures of them,'' Griffin said. |
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