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Definition of battening in English: batteningnoun ˈbatnɪŋˈbat(ə)niNG mass nounA structure formed with battens. Example sentencesExamples - Mid-morning the builders came, climbed the scaffold, and the house began to shake and rattle as cedar shingles were ripped off, closely followed by old battening, and then, all of a sudden, there was no roof on the study.
- At a verge on the North Street elevation, the battening to support the tiles had been cut short.
- This arrives in the interspace between the box and the pavilion, which is roofed and partly clad in various degrees of battening.
- They're all heaped up in two towering piles, along with the old battening.
- Its vertical battening and large eaves evoke the Victorian cottages on Martha's Vineyard.
Definition of battening in US English: batteningnounˈbat(ə)niNG 1The application or addition of battens. Example sentencesExamples - On Monday the builders will come along and finish the battening, ready to accept the shiny new slates.
- Then the builders donned roofing gear and started in on the long, long job of finishing the battening and laying new slate tiles on the back roof.
- 1.1 A structure formed with battens.
Example sentencesExamples - Its vertical battening and large eaves evoke the Victorian cottages on Martha's Vineyard.
- At a verge on the North Street elevation, the battening to support the tiles had been cut short.
- Mid-morning the builders came, climbed the scaffold, and the house began to shake and rattle as cedar shingles were ripped off, closely followed by old battening, and then, all of a sudden, there was no roof on the study.
- They're all heaped up in two towering piles, along with the old battening.
- This arrives in the interspace between the box and the pavilion, which is roofed and partly clad in various degrees of battening.
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