BATTERING-RAM

A military engine for battering walls. A long and solid beam, armed at one end with a metallic ram’s-head, was suspended by the middle, and swung violently and repeatedly against the walls of a city or castle, till a breach was made. It was sometimes in the lower part of a wooden tower built upon wheels, and was worked by more than a hundred men; while the upper part of the tower was filled with archers and slingers, Eze 4:2; 21:22.

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Battering-ram. Battering-ram
(Ezek. 4:2; 21:22), a military engine, consisting of a long beam of wood hung upon a frame, for making breaches in walls. The end of it which was brought against the wall was shaped like a ram’s head.

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BATTERING-RAM. → General scriptures concerning 2Sa 20:15; Eze 4:2; 21:22

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Bat″ter‐ing–ram′ (�), n. 1. 1. (Mil.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.
☞ It was a large beam, with a head of iron, which was sometimes made to resemble the head of a ram. It was suspended by ropes to a beam supported by posts, and so balanced as to swing backward and forward, and was impelled by men against the wall. Grose. 2. 2. A blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally.