Look up: Batten

1. Batten
   1) See Bar. 2) Piece of wood attached to, or metal pipe slipped into a sleeve at the bottom of, a flown cloth to straighten it and keep it taut. (UK) 3) Piece of wood joining two flats. (UK) 4) A group of stage lights suspended over the stage. (UK) Also X-lights. (US)
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib
   
   
2. batten
   See BEAT UP.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib
   
   
3. batten
   [n] - a strip fixed to something to hold it firm 2. [v] - furnish with battens 3. [v] - secure with battens
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
4. Batten
   The narrow strips of wood nailed vertically over the joints of boards to form board-and-batten siding.
   Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour
   
   
5. Batten
   Timber members to which roof tiles are fitted.
   Found on http://www.interbuilders.co.uk/glossary/
   
   
6. Batten
   Small section of timber to which sheet materials, slates and roof tiles are fixed.
   Found on http://www.selfbuildabc.co.uk/self-build
   
   
7. Batten
   a strip of fibre glass or wood used to hold a sail in shape
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib
   
   
8. Batten
   A small section of timber, to which sheet materials, slates and tiles may be fixed..
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20704
   
   
9. batten
   a wood strip applied over boards or roof structural members; used as a base for the attachments of slate, wood, or claytile shingles Category: Management in the public and private sector • a narrow strip of wood used...to stiffen a drop.. Category: General • Long,narrow,thin ...
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
10. Batten
    Narrow strips of wood used to cover joints or as decorative vertical members over plywood or wide boards.
    Found on http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/
    
    
11. Batten
    A thin strip of wood. Mounted vertically, battens serve to support the laths in a lath and plaster wall, and mounted horizontally, to support the tiles (and sometimes slates) on pitched roofs. Related Words: Lath and plaster; Tiles
    Found on http://www.maintainyourchurch.org.uk/Too
    
    
12. Batten
    A narrow strip of wood, usually fixed to a wall to act as a support for a unit or shelving.
    Found on http://www.victoriaplumb.com/bathroom_DI
    
    
13. Batten
    Bat'ten (băt't'n) transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Battened (-t'nd); present participle & verbal noun Battening .] [ See Batful .] 1. To make fat by plente...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/22
    
    
14. Batten
    Bat'ten intransitive verb To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self. Dryden. « The pampered monarch lay battening in ease. Garth. » « Skeptics, with a taste for carrion, who batten o...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/22
    
    
15. Batten
    Bat'ten n . [ French bâton stick, staff. See Baton .] A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) plural (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/22
    
    
16. Batten
    Bat'ten transitive verb To furnish or fasten with battens. To batten down , to fasten down with battens, as the tarpaulin over the hatches of a ship during a storm.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/22
    
    
17. Batten
    Bat'ten noun [ French battant . See Batter , transitive verb ] The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/22
    
    
18. batten
    A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc. Batten door, a door made of boards of the whole length of the door, secured b...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
    
    
19. batten
    noun a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
    
    
20. batten
    verb secure with battens; `batten down a ship`s hatches`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
    
    
21. batten
    verb furnish with battens; `batten ships`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
    
    
22. Batten
    • (n .) A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
23. batten
    (from the article `art conservation and restoration`) To counteract both the shrinkage and the bowing (especially the latter), restorers in the past placed wooden strips called battens, or more complex ... ...different materials. Traditional wood elements such as shingles and horizontal shiplap, or clapboard siding, are used on light ti...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/32
    
    
24. Batten
    - Narrow strips of wood used to cover joints or as decorative vertical members over plywood or wide boards.
    Found on http://www.homebuildingmanual.com/Glossa
    
    
25. Batten
    A small piece of angle or plate welded to the heels of a two angle web member or any two parallel components to tie them together and usually located at the middle of the member.
    Found on http://www.areforum.org/up/GeneralStruct