? Obs. [aphetic form of ABATEMENT1.] Reduction, lessening, diminution.
1677. Moxon, Mech. Exerc. (1703), 157. Instead of asking how much was cut off such a piece of Stuff, Carpenters ask what Batement that piece of Stuff had.
? Obs. [aphetic form of ABATEMENT1.] Reduction, lessening, diminution.
1677. Moxon, Mech. Exerc. (1703), 157. Instead of asking how much was cut off such a piece of Stuff, Carpenters ask what Batement that piece of Stuff had.
