tatter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a small piece of cloth or paper
    rag; shred; tag; tag end.

WordNet

Tat"ter noun
Definitions
  1. One who makes tatting. Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework).
Tat"ter noun
Etymology
Icel. tötur, töttur, pl. tötrar, öttrar; cf. Norw. totra, pl. totror, LG. taltern tatters. *240.
Definitions
  1. A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural.
    Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags. Shak.
Tat"ter transitive verb
Wordforms
past participle Tattered
Definitions
  1. To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.
    Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair. Pope.

Webster 1913