kapoo batten; a long strip of wood that, for example, is fixed to hold [...]

Part of Speech

n3

• • batten; a long strip of wood that, for example, is fixed to hold the bamboo wall to hold it firm
  • • house

  • • Example 2929:
      

      A takinima na tarurun kahi bona inu tea tabae saka vaatei haa roho bona kapoo.

      The bamboo wall fell off the house because the battens had not been placed there.

      Source: Eno 2008W 001

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• See also:
  • kapokapoo battens nailed onto bamboo