batten
Example Sentences
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A "design defect" meant driving rain was being trapped beneath tonnes of concrete tiles, rotting the wooden battens that held them up.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025
The prices for roof battens, a standard building material, have exploded since February, said Bollwerk, who heads a medium-sized firm of roofers in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
From Reuters • May 28, 2021
Moving more than 200 backings, some of which are more than 30 feet wide and, affixed to wooden battens, weigh several hundred pounds, is no joke.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2019
What he needed was software that let him move the battens virtually.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 13, 2019
He had spurts of bravery but they were bracketed in battens of cowardice.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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