n. One who makes tatting. Caulfield & S. (Doct. of Needlework). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Icel. tötur, töttur, pl. tötrar, &unr_;öttrar; cf. Norw. totra, pl. totror, LG. taltern tatters. √240. ] A rag, or a part torn and hanging; -- chiefly used in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Where waved the tattered ensigns of Ragfair. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Tatter + OF. desmaillier to break the meshes of, to tear: cf. OF. maillon long clothes, swadding clothes, F. maillot. See Tatter, and Mail armor. ] A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A famous horse market in London, established in 1766 by Richard Tattersall, also used as the headquarters of credit betting on English horse races; hence, a large horse market elsewhere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]