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Definition of Tatter
1. Noun. A small piece of cloth or paper.
Generic synonyms: Piece Of Cloth, Piece Of Material
Specialized synonyms: Pine-tar Rag
Derivative terms: Shred
Definition of Tatter
1. n. One who makes tatting.
2. n. A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural.
3. v. t. To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.
Definition of Tatter
1. Noun. A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing. ¹
2. Noun. A person engaged in tatting. ¹
3. Verb. To destroy an article of clothing by shredding. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tatter
1. to become torn and worn [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tatter
Literary usage of Tatter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society by Mass.) Prison Discipline Society (Boston (1827)
"tatter from BC Smith, Chaplain of tho 1 ns- on at Auburn, . ... OS ON ТВ I Copy
of a Circular tatter written for the purpose of obtaining euch an expression ..."
2. The Church History of Britain: From the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, John Sherren Brewer (1845)
"... rished a notable family of the Cromwells at tatter- shall in Lincolnshire,
especially since sir Ralph Cromwell married the youngest sister and coheir of ..."
3. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, James Hammond Trumbull, Connecticut Council of Safety, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1880)
"... and judged it might lie altered for the tatter in divers turns and crooks in
said road and thro' Beck- [o07] ley's farm, and by a plan laid before this ..."
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