Slatting
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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.
"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."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of slat form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"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."
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