Batter (walls)

Batter in construction is a receding slope of a wall, structure, or earthwork. A wall sloping in the opposite direction is said to overhang. The term is used with buildings and non-building structures to identify when a wall is intentionally built with an inward slope. A battered corner is an architectural feature using batters. A batter is sometimes used in foundations, retaining walls, dry stone walls, dams, lighthouses, and fortifications.

The batter angle is typically described as a ratio of the offset and height or a degree angle.

The walls of this octagonal, stone pavilion in India are battered.

A batter frame is used to guide the construction of a battered stone wall.

Batter describes the intentional inclination of these pilings.

Battered buttresses reinforce this wall.

Ancient Egyptian pylons were often battered.

The base of this fortified tower has a pronounced batter.

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