board and batten

Alternating plank style

Board and batten is a style of exterior siding or interior paneling using wide vertical boards with narrow strips (battens) covering the seams between them.

The pattern creates a distinctive vertical texture on walls, barns, and sheds.

The term also describes doors and shutters built this way: a board-and-batten barn door, board and batten wainscoting.

Opposites
siding orientation

board and battenclapboard

Overlapping exterior wood planks

weatherboard · lap siding · shiplap

siding construction method

board and battenclapboard

Overlapping exterior wood planks

tongue and groove · vinyl siding · aluminum siding · stucco · brick veneer

Family

board, batten, boards, battens, boarded, boarding, battened, battening, boarder

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G