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Batten down   /bˈætən daʊn/   Listen
verb
Batten  v. t.  To furnish or fasten with battens.
To batten down, to fasten down with battens, as the tarpaulin over the hatches of a ship during a storm.





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"Batten down" Quotes from Famous Books



... the finest little craft that ever floated; and I shall love her as long as I live. In that great gale a week ago, she was under water half the time, I believe. We had to batten down everything, and lash ourselves ...
— Freaks of Fortune - or, Half Round the World • Oliver Optic


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