board and batten


nounCarpentry.
  1. a siding consisting of wide boards or of sheets of plywood set vertically with butt joints covered by battens.

Origin of board and batten

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First recorded in 1900–05

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How to use board and batten in a sentence

  • He built a small board-and-batten house, planted a vineyard and orchard, bought a couple of cows and an incubator.

    Bunch Grass | Horace Annesley Vachell