General

A tapered board which is hung vertically; used to test the batter of a wall surface.

In constructing a battered wall, a device for regulating the inclination.

A pile driven at an inclination to the vertical to provide resistance to horizontal forces.

A device for measuring the inclination of a slope.

A diagonal brace which reinforces one end of a truss.

To incline from the vertical. A wall is said to batter when it recedes as it rises.

In metal roofing, a roll joint formed over a triangular-shaped wood piece.