a number of similar machines or devices arranged in a group; a succession of blows or drum beats; a number of hens housed together to encourage the laying of eggs. See also bank, bench.
Batch
Battalion
Battery
Bavin
Bayonet
Examples: battery of boilers; condensers; of drum beats; of dynamos; of electric lights; of guns [gun emplacement]; of hens; of kitchen untensils; of prisms or lens; of Leyden jars; of lights; of looks; of three mortars; searchlight battery.