batement

English

Etymology

For abatement. See bate.

Noun

batement (plural batements)

  1. abatement; diminution
    • 1683, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises
      Batement, To abate or waste a piece of Stuff, by forming of it to a designed purpose

Derived terms

References
  • batement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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