Sens: batten 
bat·ten || 'bætn n. latte, liteau; barre, tringle, latte (Nautique); planche v. s'engraisser, se bourrer, se repaître, manger de trop; latter, voliger; vivre aux dépens de
batten Idiome
batten down the hatches
Idiom(s): batten down the hatchesTheme: PREPARATION
to prepare for difficult times. (A nautical expression, meaning, literally, to seal the hatches against the arrival of a storm.)
• Here comes that contentious Mrs. Jones. Batten down the hatches!
• Batten down the hatches, Congress is in session again.
batten
battenbatten down the hatches
to fasten canvas over the hatches, esp. in preparing for a storm
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