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plural slats
A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic. quotations examples
To keep people out, the Nature Conservancy, which owns the cave, has blocked off the entrance with huge iron slats.
2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, page 208
(aviation) A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed. examples
(skiing, slang) A ski. quotations
I never got down that hill without losing at least one of my skis! Clarence didn't lose his slats. The straps went over his boots and held them in place. If he fell, he risked breaking a foot or leg, but the slats stayed on.
2005, Richard V. Shriver, Gold to Refine, page 31
A thin piece of stone; a slate. examples
third-person singular simple present slats, present participle slatting, simple past and past participle slatted
To construct or provide with slats. examples
To slap or strike; to beat, pummel; to hurl or throw down violently. quotations examples
Men[dozo]. How did you kill him? / Mal[evole]. Slatted his braines out, then ſowſt him in the brinie ſea. / Men. Braind him and drownd him too?
c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, Act IV, scene iii
(Britain, dialectal) To split; to crack. quotations examples
Both head-peeces and habergeons were slat and dashed a peeces.
1609, Ammianus Marcellinus, translated by Philemon Holland, The Roman Historie, […], London: […] Adam Jslip
To set on; to incite. examples