Usually means: Secure covering or reinforcement strip.
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  1. batten: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. batten, batten: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. batten, batten: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. batten: Collins English Dictionary
  5. batten: Vocabulary.com
  6. Batten, batten: Wordnik
  7. batten: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Batten: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. Batten, batten: Wiktionary
  10. batten: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. batten: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. batten: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Batten, batten: Dictionary.com
  14. batten (n.), batten (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Batten (car), Batten (disambiguation), Batten (surname), Batten (theater), Batten: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Batten: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. batten: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. batten: Rhymezone
  19. Batten: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. batten: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. batten: Free Dictionary
  22. batten: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  23. batten: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. batten: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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  1. batten: Encyclopedia

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  1. batten: Idioms

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  1. Batten: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Batten: Sports Definitions

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Batten: Construction Glossary
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
  3. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Batten: Latitude Mexico

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Batten)

verb:  (transitive, obsolete)
verb:  To cause (an animal, etc.) to become fat or thrive through plenteous feeding; to fatten.
verb:  (rare) To enrich or fertilize (land, soil, etc.).
verb:  (intransitive)
verb:  To become better; to improve in condition; especially of animals, by feeding; to fatten up.
verb:  Of land, soil, etc.: to become fertile; also, of plants: to grow lush.
verb:  (often passive voice) Followed by on: to eat greedily; to glut.
verb:  (figurative) Followed by on: to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others.
verb:  (figurative) To gloat at; to revel in.
verb:  (figurative) To gratify a morbid appetite or craving.
adjective:  (obsolete) Synonym of battle (“of grass or pasture: nutritious to cattle or sheep; of land (originally pastureland) or soil: fertile, fruitful”)
noun:  (carpentry, construction) A plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, to provide a fixing point, to strengthen, or to prevent warping.
noun:  (specifically)
noun:  A strip of wood holding a number of lamps; especially (theater), one used for illuminating a stage; (by extension, also attributive) a long bar, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system and used to support curtains, scenery, etc.
noun:  (nautical) A long, narrow strip, originally of wood but now also of fibreglass, metal, etc., used for various purposes aboard a ship; especially one attached to a mast or spar for protection, one holding down the edge of a tarpaulin covering a hatch to prevent water from entering the hatch, one inserted in a pocket sewn on a sail to keep it flat, or one from which a hammock is suspended.
noun:  (weaving) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
verb:  To furnish (something) with battens (noun sense 1).
verb:  (chiefly nautical) Chiefly followed by down: to fasten or secure (a hatch, opening, etc.) using battens (noun sense 2.2).
noun:  A surname.

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