batten
noun/ˈbætn/
/ˈbætn/
(specialist)- a long narrow piece of wood that is used to keep other building materials in place on a wall or roofTopics Buildingsc2Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French batant, present participle (used as a noun) of batre ‘to beat’, from Latin battuere.
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