The gaps between the battens are wide enough for deportees to thrust their hands through .
木条与木条间留有相当大的空隙，手可以伸出。
When hms tireless is caught rolling heavily at periscope depth in a force nine storm and others lurch with seasickness , he battens down the saucepans , straightens his chef 's hat and carries on cooking .
As the shuttles dashed through the warp they lifted up the heavy battens , and when the shuttles stopped they let the battens fall and pressed the threads together .
