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battery
Part of speech: NounThe act of beating another; as, in law, assault and battery; a number of large guns with their accompaniment of officers, men, and equipments, for field operations; any raised work where guns are mounted and gunners protected; an apparatus for producing electricity.
Usage examples "battery":- A battery was planted with some small guns taken from the ships. - "The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)", Thomas Babington Macaulay.
- This officer was to embark with a siege train and field battery, in season to reach his destination when the army would be in the vicinity of Point Isabel. - "History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1", Brantz Mayer.