Batter (walls)

The term is used with buildings and non-building structures to identify when a wall or element is intentionally built with an inward slope.

In Hindu temple architecture, the walls of the large Gopurams of South India are usually battered, often with a slight concave curve.

With minimal foreign influence over the centuries, the region's use of battered walls are considered to be an indigenous creation and part of Tibet's vernacular architecture.

[7] In terms of monumental architecture, the Giza pyramid complex in Cairo utilized different grades of battered walls to achieve great heights with relative stability.

In the Americas, battered walls are seen as a fairly common aspect of Mission style architecture, where Spanish design was hybridized with Native American adobe building techniques.