battens
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Ledged and braced doors This type consists of vertical tongue and grooved boards held together with battens and diagonal braces.
However, many farmers place posts convert apart as battens can bend, causing wires to close in on one another.
In the UK, fixing is typically with double nails onto timber battens (England and Wales) or nailed directly onto timber sarking boards (Scotland and Northern Ireland).
Masts, yards, booms, gaffs and battens are the most commonly encountered spars.
On some doors, especially antique ones, the battens are replaced with iron bars that are often built into the hinges as extensions of the door-side plates.
This method allows for standard- or full-length horizontal battens.