Bate″ment (�), n. [For Abatement. See 2d Bate.] Abatement; diminution. Moxon.
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.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.