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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Unbatterable, adj. [e.m.E. unbatterable (1576).] That cannot be battered down, impregnable. — 1698 12th Rep. Hist. MSS. App. viii 59.
The fort is … all of eslar, and unbatterable almost for strength and thickness

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