āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Batten
01
āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ° āĻĢāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋ
a long and narrow piece of wood or metal used to hold together or fasten other materials of a building
02
āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĨā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ°ā§āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻž āĻļā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ, āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĨā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ
stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
to batten
01
āĻĻā§āĻĸāĻŧāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to secure or fasten something firmly in place with strips of wood, metal, or other material
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Yesterday, we battened the shutters as the hurricane approached, securing everything in preparation for the strong winds.
āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ˛, āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ¸āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻļāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻŽ, āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
furnish with battens
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
