The pulley tied at the base of the derrick jumped up and after it the windlass, which struck the heavy posts like a battering-ram.
They'd rigged up a battering-ram and allowed they meant to smash in our front door.
The Stikeen breaks directly through the coast range at right angles, like a battering-ram.
We just let them skin their knuckles and strain their backs on the battering-ram.
His name was used as a battering-ram against the Parnassians.
There, with the solid force of a battering-ram, he pounded at the heart of the hill.
Scarcely any wall could resist the continued blows of the battering-ram.
I wanted a battering-ram, with which to smash the window and the blind.
Three fell, but the battering-ram came on and struck against the door with tremendous force.
He had no help from the Government but 300 kerne and a battering-ram, which he did not use.
(Ezek. 4:2; 21:22), a military engine, consisting of a long beam of wood hung upon a frame, for making breaches in walls. The end of it which was brought against the wall was shaped like a ram's head.