pitched

A colonial form of pituri.

Fully prepared for beforehand, and deliberately entered upon by both sides with formal array: used specifically of a battle.

Sloped; sloping: as, a high-pitched roof.

Simple past tense and past participle of pitch.

Having a slope.

Having a specified tonal range.

Fought from predetermined positions at a specified time and place.

(of sound) set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form

set at a slant