We were told that the greed of the shipowner was battening upon the food of the poor.
There is an imaginary idea that they are people of bloated wealth battening on the lives of the people.
We are certainly slimming down in our company, but we are also putting our heads down, we are battening down the hatches.
They told him that the battens were rotten.
Tiling battens and scarcements are cut out altogether.
Meanwhile, we have battened down the hatches and the ship remains on course.
Such a spectacle is obscene, like a lot of flies battening on a carcase.
The result is that the mails are put in position, and battens put above, and the remaining cargo placed on board.
