Definition of Slats

1. Noun. (plural of slat) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of slat) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slats

1. slat [v] - See also: slat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slats

slatey
slather
slathered
slathering
slatherings
slathers
slatier
slatiest
slatily
slatiness
slatinesses
slating
slatings
slatko
slatless
slats (current term)
slatt
slatted
slatter
slattered
slattering
slatternliness
slatternly
slatterns
slatterpouch
slatters
slattery
slatting
slattings

Literary usage of Slats

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1904)
"Wooden slat guards for single track are sometimes formed by spiking slats to the ties direct, but more usually they are grouped in sections—two sections to ..."

2. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1904)
"Wooden slat guards for single track are sometimes formed by spiking slats to the ties direct, but more usually they are grouped in sections—two sections to ..."

3. Quarter Century Edition of The Paradise of Childhood: A Practical Guide to by Edward Wiebé, Henry Wolcott Blake (1907)
"Our slats, ten inches long, one-fourth of an inch broad and one-sixteenth of an inch thick, Fig. 1. Fig. 2. are made of birch or any ..."

4. Manual Training Magazine (1913)
"How many slats on top of crate? How many slats on bottom? How many slats on top ... How many nails have four slats, etc.? Some children count all the nails. ..."

5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... slats, and on this a person ran readily stand, as if in a boat. Not the least remarkable feature of these leaves is their rate of growth. ..."

6. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"One of the boards or slats of a Louver ; written also Louvre and Luffer Board. (Compare Lever Board.) LOUVERED. ..."

7. Modern American Tanning: A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Leather (1910)
"... think all that is necessary is to remove the short hairy wool and the skin is ready for tanning. Instead of placing the slats in the limes after soaking ..."

8. The Kindergarten Guide: An Illustrated Hand-book, Designed for the Self by Maria Kraus-Boelte, John Kraus (1881)
"Wooden slats of varying length, width, and texture are used for interlacing, ... Fifty wooden slats, 9 inches long, i inch wide, $0.20. No. 132. ..."

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