His old battered hat looked like a crow's nest.
"My Lady of the Chimney Corner"
Alexander Irvine
It had, however, no lack of contents, and these were, without exception, in unexpected places; the books, for instance, lay on the floor in a corner-a battered selection from the light literature of two languages.
"The Furnace"
Rose Macaulay
He had clear blue eyes, and the hair beneath his battered fur cap was brown.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton