to batten down

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to batten down - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Batten \Bat"ten\, v. t.
     To furnish or fasten with battens.
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     To batten down, to fasten down with battens, as the
        tarpaulin over the hatches of a ship during a storm.
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