Batten (disambiguation)
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A batten
Batten
A batten is a thin strip of solid material, typically made from wood, plastic or metal. Battens are used in building construction and various other fields as both structural and purely cosmetic elements...

 is a piece of construction material.

Batten may also refer to:
  • Batten (car)
    Batten (car)
    The Batten was a British car made in Beckenham, Kent between 1935 and 1938 based on the 1932 Ford Model 18 V-8. The cars were successfully campaigned in trials and racing events....

    , a British automobile produced in the 1930s
  • Batten (theater)
    Batten (theater)
    In theater, batten refers to a long metal pole suspended above the stage or the audience from which lighting fixtures, theatrical scenery, tabs or other curtains may be hung...

    , a horizontal pole from which lights, props or curtains may be hung
  • Batten Disease, also known as Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
    Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis
    Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses is the general name for a family of at least eight genetically separate neurodegenerative disorders that result from excessive accumulation of lipopigments in the body's tissues. These lipopigments are made up of fats and proteins...

  • Batten Kill Railroad
    Batten Kill Railroad
    The Batten Kill Railroad is a class III railroad operating in New York. The BKRR was formed in 1982 beginning operations on October 22 of a pair of abandoned Delaware and Hudson Railway branch lines, totaling about 30 miles of track.-History:...

  • BBDO
    BBDO
    BBDO is a worldwide advertising agency network, with its headquarters in New York City. The agency began in 1891 with George Batten's Batten Company, and later in 1928, through a merger of BDO and Batten Co. the agency became BBDO...

    , Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, an American advertising agency
  • Mount Batten
    Mount Batten
    Mount Batten is a 24-metre-tall outcrop of rock on a 600-metre peninsula in Plymouth Sound, Devon, England.After some redevelopment which started with the area coming under the control of the Plymouth Development Corporation for five years from 1993, the peninsula now has a marina and centre for...

    , an outcrop of rock at Plymouth Sound in England

See also

  • Batten (surname)
    Batten (surname)
    People named Batten include:* Adrian Batten, English composer.* Ann Batten, New Zealand politician.* Billy Batten, English rugby league footballer.* Charles Lynn Batten, an associate professor at University of California, Los Angeles....

    , for people named Batten
  • Baton (disambiguation)
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