English Dictionary: batement | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Batement \Bate"ment\, n. [For {Abatement}. See 2d {Bate}.] 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. |