tatter

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ætə(r)

Noun

tatter (plural tatters)

1. A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.
2. A person engaged in tatting.

Translations

A shred of torn cloth

Czech: hadr (cs) m. Finnish: riekale (fi), riepu (fi)

French: lambeau (fr) m. Portuguese: rasgo (pt), trapo (pt), farrapo (pt) m.

A person engaged in tatting

Verb

tatter (third-person singular simple present tatters, present participle tattering, simple past and past participle tattered)

1. To destroy an article of clothing by shredding.