Found 2 items, similar to tatter.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: tatter tatter n : a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: rag, shred, tag, tag end]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Tatter Tatter \Tat"ter\, n. One who makes tatting. --Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework). [1913 Webster] Tatter \Tat"ter\, n. [Icel. t["o]tur, t["o]ttur, pl. t["o]trar, ?["o]ttrar; cf. Norw. totra, pl. totror, LG. taltern tatters. [root]240.] A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural. [1913 Webster] Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Tatter \Tat"ter\, v. t. [p. p. Tattered.] To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective. [1913 Webster] Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair. --Pope. [1913 Webster]