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noun (plural battering rams)
  1. (also ram) A heavy object used for battering down walls before gunpowder was known in Europe.
  2. (heraldry) This object borne as a charge in a coat of arms.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: stormram
  • German: Sturmbock
Etymology: The heads of some battering rams were carved in the shape of a ram, an animal renowned for butting with its head.

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