/bayt"meuhnt/
a compartment of a window with tracery, the bottom of which is formed by the arched head of a compartment or compartments below.
[ 1400-50; late ME; short for ABATEMENT ]
/bayt"meuhnt/
a compartment of a window with tracery, the bottom of which is formed by the arched head of a compartment or compartments below.
[ 1400-50; late ME; short for ABATEMENT ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012