1. the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest; [syn: Hastings, battle of Hastings]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
battle of Hastings
n 1: the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of
Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and
thus left England open for the Norman Conquest [syn:
Hastings, battle of Hastings]