Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of butting like a ram.
  • noun The act of battering with a battering-ram.
  • noun The act of colliding or conflicting. Glanville.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete The act of butting like a ram; act of using a battering-ram.
  • noun rare Act of striking or conflicting.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete The act of butting like a ram; the use of a battering ram.
  • noun obsolete The act of striking or conflicting.

Etymologies

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Latin arietatio.

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