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batten::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | batten down, secure |
| Type of | beef up, fortify, strengthen |
batten ships.
batten::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | strip |
Examples of batten
batten
Set against the white board-and-batten cottage, the whole looks crisp and clean.
From the nzherald.co.nz
They elect and re-elect the legislators off whom public employees unions batten.
From the ocregister.com
Batten encouraged people to try new ideas once, and if they worked, he did more.
From the forbes.com
Is there any good news coming or is it time to seriously batten down the hatches?
From the sfgate.com
People are going to batten down the hatches until the ConDems can be dismissed.
From the guardian.co.uk
Batten also served as chairman of the Associated Press board from 1982 to 1987.
From the latimes.com
They elect and reelect the legislators off whom public employees unions batten.
From the washingtonpost.com
Most have had to batten down the hatches and jettison the finer things in life.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Officers had to strike Hartrey's legs with a batten to bring him under control.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
- Furnish with battens; "batten ships"
- Batting: stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
- A strip fixed to something to hold it firm
- A batten is a thin strip of solid material, typically made from wood, plastic or metal. Battens are used in building construction and various other fields, as both structural and purely cosmetic elements. ...
- The Batten was a British car made in Beckenham, Kent between 1935 and 1938 based on the 1932 Ford Model 18 V-8. The cars were successfully campaigned in trials and racing events.
- People named Batten include: * Adrian Batten, English (Anglican) composer. * Ann Batten, New Zealand politician. * Billy Batten, English rugby league footballer. * Charles Lynn Batten, an associate professor at University of California, Los Angeles. ...
- In theater, batten (also known as a bar or pipe) refers to a long metal pole suspended above the stage or the audience from which lighting fixtures, theatrical scenery, tabs or other curtains may be hung. ...
- A thin strip of wood used in construction to hold members of a structure together or to provide a fixing point; A long strip of wood, metal, fibreglass etc used for various purposes aboard ship, especially one inserted in a pocket sewn on the sail in order to keep the sail flat; In stagecraft, ...
- (Battening) Narrow timbers fixed to a wall for wallboards, matchboarding, Skirting Board etc to be fixed to. Also known as Grounds.
