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Webster 1913 Edition

Tatter

Tat′ter

,
Noun.
One who makes tatting.
Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework).

Tat′ter

,
Noun.
[Icel.
tötur
,
töttur
, pl.
tötrar
,
[GREEK]öttrar
; cf. Norw.
totra
, pl.
totror
, LG.
taltern
tatters. √240.]
A rag, or a part torn and hanging; – chiefly used in the plural.
Tear a passion to
tatters
, to very rags.
Shakespeare

Tat′ter

,
Verb.
T.
[
p. p.
Tattered
.]
To rend or tear into rags; – used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.
Where waved the
tattered
ensigns of Ragfair.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tatter

TAT'TER

,
Verb.
T.
To rend or tear into rags. [Not used except in the participle.]

TAT'TER

,
Noun.
A rag, or a part torn and hanging to the thing; chiefly used in the plural, tatters.

Definition 2024

tatter

tatter

English

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

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.

German

Verb

tatter

  1. First-person singular present of tattern.
  2. Imperative singular of tattern.

Etymology

Apparently a back-formation from tattered.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ætə(r)

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