Hypertext Webster Gateway: "battered"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Batter \Bat"ter\ (b[a^]t"t[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Battered}
(-t[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battering}.] [OE. bateren, OF.
batre, F. battre, fr. LL. battere, for L. batuere to strike,
beat; of unknown origin. Cf. {Abate}, {Bate} to abate.]
1. To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with
violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to
batter a wall or rampart.
2. To wear or impair as if by beating or by hard usage.
``Each battered jade.'' --Pope.
3. (Metallurgy) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to
compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
battered
adj 1: damaged by blows or hard usage; "a battered old car"; "the
beaten-up old Ford" [syn: {beat-up}, {beaten-up}]
2: damaged especially by hard usage; "his battered old hat"
3: beaten repeatedly with heavy blows; "a battered child"; "the
battered woman syndrome" [syn: {beaten}]
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