batten

batten has 10 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 6.

Definitions

• v. t.. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.
• v. t.. To fertilize or enrich, as land.
• v. i.. To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one's self.
• n .. A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc.
• v. t.. To furnish or fasten with battens.
• v. t.. The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
• n.. a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
• n.. stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
• v.. secure with battens; "batten down a ship's hatches"
• v.. furnish with battens; "batten ships"