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slat

UK/slæt/ US/ˈslæt/ uncommon slang uk
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

a thin strip (wood or metal)

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verb

1.

equip or bar with slats

  • “Slat the windows”
2.

close the slats of (windows)

Origin

From Middle English slatte, sklatte, sklat, sclat, from Old French esclat (“piece broken or split off, shiver, splinter”), from Old French esclater (“to split, burst”), from Frankish *slaitijan (“to split, break”), from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to rend, split”). Doublet of slate and éclat.

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