[ noun ] a small piece of cloth or paper <noun.artifact>
Tatter \Tat"ter\, n. One who makes tatting. --Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework).
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.
Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags. --Shak.
Tatter \Tat"ter\, v. t. [p. p. {Tattered}.] To rend or tear into rags; -- used chiefly in the past participle as an adjective.
Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair. --Pope.