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In old textbooks from when I was a kid there were pictures of castles being beseiged and the pole being used to batter the door had a carved ramshead, including horns, on it. Rams frequently battle one another for herd dominance by butting heads together until the opponent gives up (or dies.) Ewes don't exhibit this macho behaviour. So that's why they are called battering rams.
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