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Significados de battens em inglês

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Thin strips of material used in building construction; the process of installing such strips.

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Uso de battens em inglês
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A community that sees itself as under siege battens down the hatches.
The Guardian
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Some of them had been strengthened with battens lashed transversely over the canvas.
The Grey Lady
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Vietnam now battens down the hatches in preparation for Haiyan's landfall.
Radio NZ
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A stonemason and the bricklayer's gaffer are swiping at each other with battens.
Wolf hall
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He had spurts of bravery but they were bracketed in battens of cowardice.
East of eden
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The next morning, we took the battens from the hatches, and opened the ship.
Two Years Before the Mast
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The houses are generally built of grass walls, connected with thin battens of bamboo.
Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier / Twelve Years Sporting Re...
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They turn poplar into conventional fence battens, battens for deer fencing and yarding rails.
Radio NZ
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When he dreamed, it was of saw-logs, battens and bottoms.
The Man from the Bitter Roots
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It is held up to the post by 3-inch screws passing through front and battens.
Things To Make
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Answer: A house, the timbers that stand, the battens laid down, the grass and cords folded.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai
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Musgrave's one object is to discover what he calls the truth; Herries thrives and battens upon illusions.
At Large
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Of tacks and battens and protruded springs.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 21, 1914
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White perches and battens for first chorus.
Nights in London
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Mrs. Herbert is one who battens on details, and she never spares her hearers a single item.
The Farringdons
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When the boys hung too heavily on the battens the baker would cry: Use your whole weight!
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 02
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