Batten

1. v. t. The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
2. v. t. To make fat by plenteous feeding; to fatten.
3. v. t. To fertilize or enrich, as land.
4. v. i. To grow fat; to grow fat in ease and luxury; to glut one’s self.
5. n . A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc.
6. v. t. To furnish or fasten with battens.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.