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Slatting

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slat  (slt)
n.
1. A narrow strip of metal or wood, as in a Venetian blind.
2. A movable auxiliary airfoil running along the leading edge of the wing of an airplane.
3. slats Slang The ribs.
tr.v. slat·ted, slat·ting, slats
To provide or make with slats: slatting the back of a chair.
[Middle English sclat, from Old French esclat, splinter, probably of Germanic origin.]


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But he ceased his yelping to listen to a new noise--a thunderous slatting of canvas accompanied by shouts and cries.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
The yacht, completing the manoeuvre, headed into the wind with slatting canvas, and righted to an even keel.
Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack View in context
The fish bit at the newly baited hooks from which their brethren had just been taken, and Tom Platt and Long Jack moved methodically up and down the length of the trawl, the boat's nose surging under the wet line of hooks, stripping the sea-cucumbers that they called pumpkins, slatting off the fresh-caught cod against the gunwale, rebaiting, and loading Manuel's dory till dusk.
Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context
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