Meanings (ES + gloss)
alfarda • barreta • listón • ristrel
A plank or strip of wood, or several of such strips arranged side by side, used in construction to hold members of a structure together, to provide a fixing point, to strengthen, or to prevent warping.
filete
A long, narrow strip, originally of wood but now also of fibreglass, metal, etc., used for various purposes aboard a ship; especially one attached to a mast or spar for protection, one holding down the edge of a tarpaulin covering a hatch to prevent water from entering the hatch, one inserted in a pocket sewn on a sail to keep it flat, or one from which a hammock is suspended.
She was too sick to get out of bed, and he was not able to hoist her up without assistance; […] we were permitted to come in and hoist her ladyship up again to the battens.
The next morning, we took the battens from the hatches, and opened the ship.
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cebar • mejorar
To become better; to improve in condition; especially of animals, by feeding; to fatten up.
No, let him batten; when his tongue / Once goes, a cat is not worse strung.
Our vvomen batten vvell on their good-nature; / All they can rap and rend for the dear creature.
aprovecharse • medrar
Followed by on: to prosper or thrive, especially at the expense of others.
Robber barons who battened on the poor
There, in these Dens of Satan, […] do Sieur Motier's mouchards consort and colleague; battening vampyre-like on a People next-door to starvation.