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		Definition of battening in English: batteningnoun ˈbatnɪŋˈbat(ə)niNG mass nounA structure formed with battens.  Example sentencesExamples -  Mid-morning the builders came, climbed the scaffold, and the house began to shake and rattle as cedar shingles were ripped off, closely followed by old battening, and then, all of a sudden, there was no roof on the study.
 -  At a verge on the North Street elevation, the battening to support the tiles had been cut short.
 -  This arrives in the interspace between the box and the pavilion, which is roofed and partly clad in various degrees of battening.
 -  They're all heaped up in two towering piles, along with the old battening.
 -  Its vertical battening and large eaves evoke the Victorian cottages on Martha's Vineyard.
 
    Definition of battening in US English: batteningnounˈbat(ə)niNG 1The application or addition of battens.  Example sentencesExamples -  On Monday the builders will come along and finish the battening, ready to accept the shiny new slates.
 -  Then the builders donned roofing gear and started in on the long, long job of finishing the battening and laying new slate tiles on the back roof.
 
 - 1.1 A structure formed with battens.
 Example sentencesExamples -  Its vertical battening and large eaves evoke the Victorian cottages on Martha's Vineyard.
 -  At a verge on the North Street elevation, the battening to support the tiles had been cut short.
 -  Mid-morning the builders came, climbed the scaffold, and the house began to shake and rattle as cedar shingles were ripped off, closely followed by old battening, and then, all of a sudden, there was no roof on the study.
 -  They're all heaped up in two towering piles, along with the old battening.
 -  This arrives in the interspace between the box and the pavilion, which is roofed and partly clad in various degrees of battening.
 
  
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