batten in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.batten [Am ˈbætn, Brit ˈbat(ə)n] N

II.batten [Am ˈbætn, Brit ˈbat(ə)n] VB trans

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batten down VB [Am ˈbætn -, Brit ˈbat(ə)n -] (v + adv + o) NAUT

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to batten down the hatches
prepararse para la tormenta

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sable
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batten in the PONS Dictionary

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mangueta
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batten Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to batten down the hatches fig
atarse los machos
to batten on sb
vivir a costa de alguien
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Masts, yards, booms, gaffs and battens are the most commonly encountered spars.
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Typical applications are to have a pile-up drum hoist with many pulleys to control a batten.
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The gable ends to the east and west are sheathed in board and batten style siding.
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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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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 were made of wood originally, but today they are typically steel pipe.
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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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It features board and batten siding and a hip-roofed front porch supported by four columns with scroll-sawn brackets.
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In systems of this type, the operating and lift lines are "double-purchased" so that the batten will travel twice the distance of the arbor.
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Most houses originally had covered-porch entrances and batten doors.
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