| 1. | an ancient military device with a heavy horizontal ram for battering down walls, gates, etc. |
| 2. | any of various similar devices, usually machine-powered, used in demolition, by police and firefighters to force entrance to a building, etc. |
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.