A diagonal brace which reinforces one end of a truss.

To incline from the vertical. A wall is said to batter when it recedes as it rises.

In metal roofing, a roll joint formed over a triangular-shaped wood piece.

A steel plate used to join two parallel components (such as flanges or angles) of a built-up structural column, girder,

Narrow battens or wood strips attached to a wall for the purpose of receiving lath and plaster.

A wall to which battens have been affixed.

A column consisting of two longitudinal shafts, rigidly connected to each other by batten plates.