| Batten: English to English |
| Batten (n .) 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 pr |
| Batten (v. i.) To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self. |
| Batten (v. t.) The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof. |
| Batten (v. t.) To fertilize or enrich, as land. |
| Batten (v. t.) To furnish or fasten with battens. |
| Batten (v. t.) To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten. |