Battening sb.

[f. BATTEN sb. + -ING¹.] The application or addition of battens; a structure formed with battens.

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1794. W. Felton, Carriages (1801), I. 17. The other inside work is battening, blocking, and gluing.

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1796. W. Marshall, Yorksh. (ed. 2), I. 194. Fence Walls.—Battoning, in the Norfolk manner, is unknown.

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1834. Brit. Husbandry, I. 89. Palings, battenings, and other fences.

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1880. Howells, Undisc. Country, i. 29. ‘Mr. Hatch, will you put up the battening? Hatch made haste to darken the windows completely with some light wooden sheathings prepared for the purpose.

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