{Batter rule}, an instrument consisting of a rule or frame, and a plumb line, by which the batter or slope of a wall is regulated in building. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
batter rule — noun Etymology: batter (IV) : an instrument consisting of a rule or frame and a plumb line and bob and used to regulate the batter of a wall in building … Useful english dictionary
Batter — Bat ter, n. A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope. [1913 Webster] {Batter rule}, an instrument consisting of a rule or frame, and a plumb line, by which the batter or slope of a wall is regulated in building. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
batter — v.i. Architecture, recede as it rises (of a wall); n. such inclination. ♦ batter rule, plumb line of such walls, falling within base … Dictionary of difficult words
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