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Entry 6 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Batten

/(băt"t'n)/ · Bat·ten · IPA /ˈbætən/
01 v. t. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.
imp. & p. p. Battened; p. pr. & vb. n. Battening
  1. 1.
    To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.
  2. 2.
    To fertilize or enrich, as land.
02 v. i. To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.
  1. 1.
    To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.
    “The pampered monarch lay battening in ease.” — Garth.
    “Skeptics, with a taste for carrion, who batten on the hideous facts in history, -- persecutions, inquisitions.” — Emerson.
03 n. A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling;
  1. 1.
    A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling;(Com. & Arch.)
Phrases & compounds
Batten door — a door made of boards of the whole length of the door, secured by battens nailed crosswise.
04 v. t. To furnish or fasten with battens.
  1. 1.
    To furnish or fasten with battens.
Phrases & compounds
To batten down — to fasten down with battens, as the tarpaulin over the hatches of a ship during a storm.
05 n. The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
  1. 1.
    The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.