ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. An arrangement of slats.
  2. 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

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sloat, slatback, slot, lathing, slit, slue.

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