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What (who) is batten - definition
STRIP OF SOLID MATERIAL, TRADITIONALLY WOOD, USED IN VARIOUS CRAFTS AND PROCESSES
Battens; Board and batten; Batboard; Board-and-batten; Board & batten; Board—and—batten; Batten door; Board-and-batten wall
![Roofing battens or laths are the light colored strips on the [[Hillsgrove Covered Bridge]], Pennsylvania, U.S.A.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hillsgrove Covered Bridge rafters.jpg?width=200 "Roofing battens or laths are the light colored strips on the [[Hillsgrove Covered Bridge]], Pennsylvania, U.S.A.")
 (35819349621).jpg?width=200 "Board-and-batten with bamboo battens")
Batten
·vt To fertilize or enrich, as land.
II. Batten ·vt To furnish or fasten with battens.
III. Batten ·vi To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.
IV. Batten ·vt To make fat by plenteous feeding; to Fatten.
V. Batten ·vt The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
VI. Batten ·noun 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 strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, ·etc.
Batten
A strip of wood grooved longitudinally for holding wires in wiring
apartments for electric light or power. In use they are fastened to the
wall, grooves inward, or else grooves outward, with the wires lying in
the grooves and covered with the covering strip. For two wire work each
batten contains two grooves; for the three wire system it contains three
grooves.
Synonym--Moulding.
batten
batten1
¦ noun a long, flat wooden or metal strip for strengthening, stiffening, or securing something.
¦ verb strengthen, stiffen, or fasten with battens.
Phrases
batten down the hatches
1. Nautical secure a ship's tarpaulins.
2. prepare for a difficult situation.
Derivatives
battening noun
Origin
C15: from OFr. batant, pres. participle (used asnoun) of batre 'to beat', from L. battuere.
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batten2
¦ verb (batten on) thrive or prosper at the expense of.
Origin
C16 (in the sense 'improve, grow fat'): from ON batna 'get better', related to better.
Wikipedia
Batten
A batten is most commonly a strip of solid material, historically wood but can also be of plastic, metal, or fiberglass. Battens are variously used in construction, sailing, and other fields.
In the lighting industry, battens refer to linear light fittings.
In the steel industry, battens used as furring may also be referred to as "top hats", in reference to the profile of the metal.
Examples of use of batten
1. At least two of the dead were children, Columbus County Sheriff Chris Batten said.
2. H&M and a local jewellers were among the first to batten down the hatches.
3. I hope they batten down the hatches and stay put to give her a taste of Nu Liebour policies.
4. The patients will be children with Batten disease, a rare genetic disease that destroys the central nervous system.
5. Last month, TechPresident won the $10,000 top prize at this year‘s Knight–Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism.