Pitched battle, a general battle; a battle in which the hostile forces
have fixed positions; -- in distinction from a skirmish. -- To pitch
into, to attack; to assault; to abuse. [Slang]
Pitch, v. i. 1. To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to
encamp. "Laban with his brethren pitched in the Mount of Gilead." Gen.
xxxi. 25.