OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 36666

battered

/ˈbætəd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
maltrecho
Beaten up through a lot of use; in rough condition; weathered.
The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout,…