Definition of "battening" [bat•ten•ing]

• Present participle of batten. (verb)

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• "So as the winds pick up, we're going to keep kind of battening down the hatches."
• "I'm in a bit of tunnel, workwise, so it's a case of battening down the hatches."
• "The British government's policies are locked in the same impotent stasis as the rest of the world's – battening down the hatches, cutting public spending and borrowing, and refusing to accept realities."