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batten 1. a narrow flat length of wood or plastic inserted in pockets of a sail to give it proper shape 2. a lath used for holding a tarpaulin along the side of a raised hatch on a ship 3. Theatre a. a row of lights b. the strip or bar supporting them 4. NZ an upright part of a fence made of wood or other material, designed to keep wires at equal distances apart Batten Jean. 1909--82, New Zealand aviator: the first woman to fly single-handed from Australia to Britain (1935) batten [′bat·ən] (aerospace engineering) Metal, wood, or plastic panels laced to the envelope of a blimp in the nose cone to add rigidity to the nose and provide a good point of attachment for mooring. (building construction) A sawed timber strip of specific dimension-usually 7 inches (18 centimeters) broad, less than 4 inches (10 centimeters) thick, and more than 6 feet (1.8 meters) long-used for outside walls of houses, flooring, and such. A strip of wood nailed across a door or other structure made of parallel boards to strengthen it and prevent warping. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| If not, the men were lying drunk below, where I might batten them down, perhaps, and do what I chose with the ship. At first she would have nothing to do with his wicked scheme, for she was of a good natural disposition; {30} moreover there was a bard with her, to whom Agamemnon had given strict orders on setting out for Troy, that he was to keep guard over his wife; but when heaven had counselled her destruction, Aegisthus carried this bard off to a desert island and left him there for crows and seagulls to batten upon--after which she went willingly enough to the house of Aegisthus. This was the being I was helping to transfer to London, where, perhaps, for centuries to come he might, amongst its teeming millions, satiate his lust for blood, and create a new and ever-widening circle of semi-demons to batten on the helpless. |
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