slatted

Variant of slat

slat definition

slat (slat)

noun

  1. a thin, narrow strip of wood, metal, etc. slats of a Venetian blind
  2. ☆ Slang
    1. the ribs
    2. the buttocks

Etymology: ME sclat < OFr esclat, a fragment < esclater, to splinter < Langobardic slaitan, to tear apart, split, akin to OHG slizzan, OE slitan: see slit

transitive verb slatted slat′·ted, slatting slat′·ting

to provide or make with slats

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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