batten

batten down the hatches.

Stephen was battening down the shutters.

slumlords who batten on the poor.

multinational monopolies batten on the working classes.

There's a storm coming, so let's batten down the hatches.

Hollywood is battening down the hatches in expectation of a strike by actors and writers this summer.

Sheila stares downward, as though battening her emotional hatches.

It's time to batten down the hatches and prepare for another very bumpy ride.

So really battening down the hatches.

Batten down the hatches, young 'un.

Better batten down the hatches, B.

Well, isn't battening down the hatches usually the best way?

OK, so message to listeners is very much: batten down the hatches.

'My heart sinks when I think how we've battened on you all our lives and have given you nothing in return.

As the shuttles dashed through the warp they lifted up the heavy battens, and when the shuttles stopped they let the battens fall and pressed the threads together.

I pulled down the old rafters, fixed the new ones, put on the battens, slated the roof, all with my own hands, Worm being my assistant.