2 entries under this word

Tatter

Tăt'ter, v. t. & i.

verbtransitiveintransitive

v. t. & i. [Cf. Icel. tetr, tetur, a torn garment, tötr, a cento, tatter. Cf. TETTER.] To rend or tear into rags; to be in tatters or rags;—obsolete, except in the past participle. “Where waved the tattered ensigns of Rag-fair.” Pope.

Tăt'ter, n.

noun

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