Then lay battensacross the floor, and a new floor on the battens.
Gas-light was yellow, and colour-effects were obtained by dropping thin screens of coloured silk over the gas-battens in the flies.
Turnpenny knocked out the battens as quickly as possible, and lifting the hatch, disclosed a small ladder leading down into the lazaretto.
Another very important feature of the "Asphaleia" stage is the system of lighting; gas battens and footlights are dispensed with.
In case of any breakdown in the electrical system, gas is provided for the borders and the footlights, the burners being secured to the battens of the border lights the same as the electric lights.
Fasten the boards together with battenson the under side and, after mitering the upper edge of each, nail them to the house so that the ridge is fifteen inches above the third floor.
Fasten the boards together with battensplaced upon the inside, and hinge it to the bottom of the stable.
Some canoes had their decks lashed over battens for a short distance along the gunwales.
The ribs could have been put in while green and shaped in the bark cover by use of battens and cross braces inside, as were those of the St. Francis canoes.
The transverse frames do not come into contact with the skin cover, to avoid transverse ridges being formed in it; and the longitudinal battens which support the skin cover form longitudinal ridges, or chines, in it.
Each pair while drying was sometimes held by cords tied across the ends, or the ribs might be inserted in about their proper location in the unfinished canoe and held in place by battens and struts until they took their final set.
The three inner battenswere below the cross pieces.
Some of the Greenland umiaks have curved side frames which cause the side battens to form knuckles in the skin cover.
They are built with seven longitudinal battens (including the keelson) in addition to the gunwales.
The frog supported the heels of the headboard and also the forefoot of the stem-piece, which otherwise would have but partial support from the sewingbattens outside the ends at these points.
These battens were held rigidly to form by thin crosspieces, or splints, about ΒΌ by 1 inch forced athwartships through short splits in the battens and pegged at the ends on the chine battens.
The ends of the canoe were closed, as has been mentioned, by use of split-sapling battens on the outside of the bark.
In some umiaks both the single side batten and the riser are at the same height, but only the riser has its ends secured to the posts, the side battens being cut short and their ends lashed to the riser a few inches inside the posts.
The "break" in thebattens was made by bending them very sharply, so that they were almost fractured.
In the majority of these kayaks short fore-and-aft battens are laid on the thwarts forward of the manhole to support the skin cover in its sweep upward to the manhole.
Sometimes thicker battens reaching from the high point of the ends inboard to the end thwarts were added, in which case the side battens were stopped at the high point of the ends and there faired into the thick battens.
Battens of hard wood may be used for the same purpose, fixed either with hard-wood buttons or by means of brass slots and screws, the slots allowing for any slight movement that may take place.
The simplest form, the common ledged door, consists of vertical boards with plain or matched joints nailed to horizontal battens which correspond to the rails in framed doors.
Hence the joiner obtains the planks, deals, battensand strips from which he shapes his work.
On referring to the quantities you will find there are two yellow battens 15 ft.
In the forecastle, a movable pantry may be screwed up against the battens on the port side (the bed will be on the starboard side).
It was conjectured that with a board, and some battens and cord he had in his berth, he had made a raft, and that he went away on it, taking with him all the things that have been mentioned, for none of them were to be found.
Their build is strange, there being two concave boats about a fathom apart, with many battens and cords firmly securing them together.
Bamboo battens are then placed over the plant, and these are pressed down, and held in their place by horizontal beams, working in upright posts.
The houses are generally built of grass walls, connected with thinbattens of bamboo.
Nail the battens securely in place, using nails of sufficient length to allow clinching on the under face of the battens.
To make a set of wooden hinges, first cut three blocks of wood four or five inches long and nail them to the cabin wall on a line with the three doorbattens (see A, B, and C in Fig.
Fasten the boards together with battens on the under side and, after mitring the upper edge of each, nail them to the house so that the ridge is fifteen inches above the third floor.
Make a door from the box-cover, fastening the boards together by means of two battens placed at the top and bottom (see illustration).
Fasten the boards together withbattens at top and bottom, and hinge them to the rear wall (see plans and Fig.
When these have been made, nail them to the door above the battens so that when the door is put in place their ends will rest on blocks A, B, and C.
Here a shelf made up of several boards fastened together with battens is set upon the marble slabs around the basin.
Make a Batten Door=, fastening the boards together on the inside with battens as shown in Fig.
Not one of the battensis broken; and each one is foursquare perfectly.
It is made of half-inch battens nailed side by side.
All the plants of all the tropics grew there together, and the orchid-house was roofed with thin battens of wood--just enough to keep off the direct rays of the sun.
A circular orifice to be made in centre of lid, between the battens 10 inches wide.
An ark there is, moreover, which was builded in Rye by a shipwright out of battens and good gummed canvas.
We ate and drank very heartily together; for we made Attwood of the company, who knocked off my uncle's chains and bound his ankle very deftly betwixt two battens to set it.
It was agreed that Mr. Battens 'ought to take it up,' and Mr. Battens was communicated with on the subject.
And Mr. Battens he do even go so far as to doubt whether credit is due to the Founder.
Mr. Battens is that exceptional that he have written to the gentlemen many times and have worked the case against them.
For Mr. Battens he do say, anyhow he got his name up by it and he done it cheap.
What Mr. Battens might have done in the matter of taking it up, goaded by the infuriated state of public feeling next morning, was anticipated by another phenomenon.
Its edges should be straight and at a right angle one to the other, and the ends of the battens B B in Figure 1 should fall a little short of the edge A of the board, so that if the latter shrinks they will not protrude.
The stakes are connected by one or more battens nailed along them, or by wires.
A good house will have the outside walls boarded up and down, with battens covering the chinks, instead of weather-boarding like our shanty.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "battens" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
