Batter
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BATTER, an architectural. term of unknown origin, used of the face of a wall which is slightly inclined to the perpendicular.
Batter(ed)
A wall or column with sloping faces or sides making it narrower at the top than at the bottom.
Examples from Buffalo architecture: ...
Batter - An inclined face of wall; hence battered.
Batter Boards - Boards erected at the corners of a proposed building to specifically locate and show corners and show foundation wall height.
Battered Column
A column that is larger at the base and slopes inward toward the top of the column. Used extensively on Craftsman-style homes, especially for lighter columns supported by heavy masonry piers.
Bay Window ...
BATTER An inclined face of wall; hence battered. The Sutton war memorial is described as a battered square pedestal, not because it has been knocked around, but because it narrows slightly from the base to the top.
Batter - A sloping part of a curtain wall. The sharp angle at the base of all walls and towers along their exterior surface; talus.
BATTER
An inclined face of wall; hence battered
BAYS
Internal compartments of a building; each divided from the other not by solid walls but by divisions only marked in the side walls (columns, pilasters, etc) or the ceiling (beams, etc).
battered (7) -- architectural term meaning a wall deliberately built not vertically but leaning inwards as it rises (Warren, 140) Sample Image (Lesson 17)
beaked jug (14)
bench sanctuary (15) ...
battered: leaning inward.
bay: (1) division of a church between one pier and the next; (2) division of a facade corresponding to one window.
belvedere: a tower or loggia for enjoying the view.
battered - of walls, having faces that slope inward toward the top.
batter boards
Boards erected at the corners of a proposed building to specifically locate and show corners and show foundation wall height.
battered chimney ...
battered chimney - a brick or masonry chimney with sides that are graduated so that its rectangular shape is wider at the bottom than the top.
Batter
A wall face that inclines inward from the vertical plane. Often found at the base of a fortified wall.
Bearing Wall
This is a wall that supports the weight of a structure, and not simply its own weight.
Batter - To step back or gently slope inward, a wall or embankment. To be smaller at the top than at the bottom.
Batter
- an inclined face on an external wall surface, most pronounced at the base.
Batter - upwardly receding slope of a wall or column.
Bays - internal compartments of a building; ...
Batter
sloping part of a wall at ground level, particularly of a great tower
Battering Ram ...
Batter, Battering: (1) A wall with a receding slope from the ground upwards, narrowing at the top, is said to be battered. See plinth, spur, talus.
Ram: battering ram
Revet: face with a layer of stone, stone slabs etc., for more strength. Some earth mottes were revetted with stone.
Sapping: undermining, as of a castle wall ...
In battery
porthole
Tuyere
The other bank of the stream was open ground -- a gentle slope topped with a stockade of vertical tree trunks, loopholed for rifles, ...
Casemates - artillery emplacements in separate protected rooms, rather than in a battery.
Casement - bomb-proof vaulted accommodation for troops, stores or guns.
Castellan - officer in charge of a castle.
Batter - An artificial, uniform, steep slope or its inclination, expressed as one horizontal to so many vertical units
Batter Peg - A peg driven into the ground to show the limits of an earth slope ...
Each gateway consists of an arched opening flanked by two huge semi-circular bastion towers with battered walls, arrow slits and pointed crenellations.
With the exception of the western facade, the exterior of the Gothic cathedral, with its towering buttresses and batteries of winglike fliers, is essentially an exoskeleton designed for the support of the vaults.
The porch roofs are usually supported by battered posts or stylized columns. A variety of building materials are commonly used for wall treatment, including wooden shingles or clapboards, stucco, and embedded cobblestones.
Retaining wall - A wall, usually battered, which supports or retains a weight of earth or water; also called a revetment.
Reticulated - See tracery.
Retro-choir - The space behind the high altar in a major church.
The Sphere by Fritz Koenig
A treasured sculpture damaged during the attacks on the World Trade Center has been temporarily placed in Battery Park where is serves as a chilling memorial.
 See also: Architecture, House, Tower, Ground, System
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