Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Batter(ed)

A wall or column with sloping faces or sides making it narrower at the top than at the bottom.

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Examples from Buffalo architecture:

• Illustration above:  Wilkes House
  
  
• 409 Linwood Avenue
  
  
• George A. Austin House

• Photo - Kurzmann House, 24 Lincoln Pkwy

Other examples:

• Salisbury, England
  
  
• Temple of Dendur, Nubia
  
  
• Karnac Temple Complex, near Luxor, Egypt
  
  
• Sforza Castle, Milan, Italy

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