Battering Ram
large beam used to break down the walls or doors of a fortification
Battlements ...
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 ...
R Ram: Battering ram Rampart: Defensive stone or earth wall surrounding castle. Rath: Low, circular ringwork. Ravelin: Outwork with two faces forming a salient angle; like in a star-shaped fort. Rear-arch: Arch on the inner side of a wall.
(2) A gallery which was built at the base of a fortifications wall from which defenders could fire into the faces of surface miners and battering ram parties.
 See also: Hoarding, Hall, Screen, Ridge, Murder hole
  
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