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batan

Pronunciation: [bəˈtan]

“batan” is a Catalan word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. scutch (tool for scutching hemp)
  2. fulling hammer
  3. fulling mill

In Catalan

  1. Màquina d'una fàbrica tèxtil que copeja la roba per evitar posteriors arronsaments i eliminar els flocs de cotó o llana que no estan units a la peça.

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic بَاطَان (baṭán), from Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, “liner, lining”). Doublet of badana.

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