batten in the PONS Dictionary

batten Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to batten down the hatches fig
подготвям се за криза [o. опасност]
to batten on sb
живея на гърба на нкг

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The gable ends to the east and west are sheathed in board and batten style siding.
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Electrics will often employ large loops of spring steel that extend outward to prevent adjacent battens from colliding with and damaging the lighting instruments.
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Runaways can occur when the weight on the arbor is not equal to the weight of the batten and its load.
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Battens enable designers to increase the size of mainsails by pushing the mainsail away from the mast.
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Walls liable to damp are sometimes battened and lathed to form an air cavity between the damp wall and the plastering.
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Battens typically stretch the width of the stage, parallel with the proscenium wall, and are maintained level (parallel to the stage deck) regardless of elevation.
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It features board and batten siding and a hip-roofed front porch supported by four columns with scroll-sawn brackets.
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The roach is held in shape by sail battens which maybe full length or short.
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Most houses originally had covered-porch entrances and batten doors.
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On larger rigs, batten cars are needed to overcome these forces.
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