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Batten down   /bˈætən daʊn/   Listen
Batten down

verb
1.
Furnish with battens.  Synonyms: batten, secure.






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"Batten down" Quotes from Famous Books



... lightest feather of a thing that ever sat upon water. It had a complete flush deck, with only a small hatch near the bow, and this hatch it had always been our custom to batten down when about to cross the Stroem, by way of precaution against the chopping seas. But for this circumstance we should have foundered at once—for we lay entirely buried for some moments. How my elder brother escaped destruction I cannot say, for I never had an opportunity ...
— Elson Grammer School Literature, Book Four. • William H. Elson and Christine Keck



Words linked to "Batten down" :   beef up, strengthen, batten, secure, fortify



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