batter rule

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batter rule - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Batter \Bat"ter\, n.
     A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding
     slope.
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     Batter rule, an instrument consisting of a rule or frame,
        and a plumb line, by which the batter or slope of a wall
        is regulated in building.
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