Battening

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  • v. Present participle of batten.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The operation of fixing to a wall battens, to which are to be nailed laths to receive plastering.
  • n. The battens fixed to a wall for this purpose.
    • Word Usage
    "So as the winds pick up, we're going to keep kind of battening down the hatches."
    Verb Stem
    batten   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    fattening    flattening   
     
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