A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.
A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
A heavy footstep; a tramp.
(electronics) An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.
Verb
(transitive, intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
(intransitive, dated) To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.
