Slatting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Slatting is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of slat.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of slat.
More Meanings
- An arrangement of slats.
- The violent shaking or flapping of anything hanging loose in the wind, as of a sail when being hauled down.
Example Sentences
Weakened by the strains of sailing in a severe gale and, no doubt, by the accumulated bangings and endless slattings of the previous year's ocean calms, the top batten had fractured, creating an ineffective and unsightly deep V shape in the top sail panel.
Word Forms
- slattings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sloat, slatback, slot, lathing, slit, slue.
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