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batteries
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n. (plural of battery English)
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Battery \Bat"ter*y\, n.; pl. Batteries . [F. batterie, fr. battre. See Batter , v. t.] The act of battering or beating. (Law) The unlawful beating of another. It includes every willful, angry and violent, or negligent touching of another's person or ...
Usage examples of batteries.
He was irritated that the Welcome's commanding officer had not been able to tell him the precise position of the shore batteries, and he knew that at this very moment Frenchmen would be watching the Juno with telescopes, noting and reporting to Fort Royal that the brig had gone off to the north and a frigate had taken her place.
The batteries would be somewhere in the lee of Fort St Louis, which was built on a spit of land poking out southwards like a thumb.
There would be other batteries, but the guns of Fort St Louis would be the most dangerous.
But you'll all learn about firing at batteries when you have to tackle one on top of a cliff and firing down at you.
Aitken reported wryly that he had heard much among the men about how they could have knocked out the other batteries, and that the Captain was probably leaving them for the time being, intending to tackle one a week to keep the guns' crews in practice.
We'll just see if they have any more batteries at this end of the Bay.
He might as well start a draft of a report to Admiral Davis, reporting that the Surcouf was ready and three batteries had been established.
The Surcouf prepared for sea, the guns for the Marchesa, Juno and Ramage batteries installed on the Diamond Rock, with three months' provisions landed for the men, plus water and sheep.
And the Diamond batteries, of course, with all the advantage of surprise that they would have.
And the batteries on the Diamond represented his most powerful surprise.
Was he overestimating the effectiveness of the Juno and Ramage batteries against French ships trying to pass?
Firing from sea level meant that a shot falling short of the target would ricochet onwards and might hit, but a roundshot curving down from the height of those two batteries could ricochet in almost any direction.
It was a mile wide and French ships passing through it would be within range of the two batteries for a distance of perhaps a mile and a half.
This was his squadron: a former privateer schooner, a captured French frigate and the Juno frigate, with the Diamond batteries watching over them all.
With them all concentrated and confused, roundshot would start plunging down on them unexpectedly from the Diamond batteries.