pitched• There followed a pitchedbattle at a bridge across the Dnestr river leading into the town.• After a pitched battle, no less than 29 of the gang were arrested.• The other type of offence involved in effect a preconceived and premeditated pitched battle, often accompanied by the use of weapons.• There were pitched battles, so they lay in wait for you.• In 1867 forty-three gypsies pitchedcamp in the Cours la Reine and aroused much hatred among the Rouennais.• Only five feet seven tall, he spoke in a high pitcheddrawl, a public school accent he often emphasized abroad.• Timberfascias and barge-boards are standard, while many pitched roof garagesfeature timber-clad gable ends.• We had to staple a polythenevapourbarrier to the rafters of a pitched roof.