slat Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a thin strip (wood or metal)
    spline.
  2. verb equip or bar with slats
    • Slat the windows
  3. verb close the slats of (windows)

WordNet

Slat noun
Etymology
CF. Slot a bar.
Definitions
  1. A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood or metal; as, the slats of a window blind.
Slat transitive verb
Etymology
OE. slatten; cf. Icel. sletta to slap, to dab.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Slatted; present participle & verbal noun Slatting
Definitions
  1. To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently. Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U.S.
    How did you kill him? Slatted his brains out. Marston.
  2. To split; to crack. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.
  3. To set on; to incite. See 3d Slate. Prov. Eng.

Webster 1913