'Batement light' definitions:

Definition of 'Batement light'

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  • Batement \Bate"ment\, n. [For Abatement. See 2d Bate.] Abatement; diminution. --Moxon. [1913 Webster]
  • Batement light (Arch.), a window or one division of a window having vertical sides, but with the sill not horizontal, as where it follows the rake of a staircase. [1913 Webster]