(idiomatic) To prepare for trouble.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of batten down the hatches

present participle of batten down the hatches

simple past tense and past participle of batten down the hatches

Batten disease

plural of Battenberg cake

A light sponge cake which, when cut in cross section, displays a two-by-two check pattern alternately coloured pink and yellow.

A resident of inhabitant or Battenberg.

(countable) A surname from German, equivalent to English Mountbatten. / Ellipsis of Battenberg (Eder). A small town in Waldeck-Frankenberg district, Hesse, Germany Former name of Battenberg (Eder).

Battenberg cake