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Definition of Batement
1. n. Abatement; diminution.
Definition of Batement
1. Noun. abatement; diminution ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Batement
1. reduction [n -S]
Medical Definition of Batement
1. Abatement; diminution. Batement light, a window or one division of a window having vertical sides, but with the sill not horizontal, as where it follows the rake of a staircase. Origin: For Abatement. See Bate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Batement
Literary usage of Batement
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay on the Origin and Development of Window Tracery in England: With by Edward Augustus Freeman (1851)
"Thus in the west window of Canterbury Cathedral we have the batement-lights twice
divided in this way, and as there is grouping in the head of each ..."
2. Publications of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society (1846)
"In this document every opening with vertical sides and an arch-head is termed a
light; but most of those above the principal lights are called batement ..."
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