slat

English

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Etymology

Old French esclat. Doublet of slate and éclat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slæt/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

slat (plural slats)

1. A thin, narrow strip or bar of wood (lath), metal, or plastic.

   slats of a window blind

   • 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 208:

     To keep people out, the Nature Conservancy, which owns the cave, has blocked off the entrance with huge iron slats.

2. (aviation) A control surface that extends forwards and downwards from the leading edge of a wing, leaving a gap between it and the leading edge, in order to modify the airflow around the wing so as to allow flight at a higher angle of attack without stalling, lowering the aircraft's stall speed.
3. (skiing, slang) A ski.
   • 2005, Richard V. Shriver, Gold to Refine, page 31:

     I never got down that hill without losing at least one of my skis! Clarence didn't lose his slats. The straps went over his boots and held them in place. If he fell, he risked breaking a foot or leg, but the slats stayed on.

4. A thin piece of stone; a slate.

Derived terms

• slatback
• slatless

Translations

Verb

slat (third-person singular simple present slats, present participle slatting, simple past and past participle slatted)

1. To construct or provide with slats.
2. To slap or strike; to beat, pummel; to hurl or throw down violently.
   • c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: V S for William Aspley, , published 1604, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii:

     Men[dozo]. How did you kill him? / Mal[evole]. Slatted his braines out, then ſowſt him in the brinie ſea. / Men. Braind him and drownd him too?

3. (British, dialectal) To split; to crack.
   • 1609, Ammianus Marcellinus, translated by Philemon Holland, The Roman Historie, , London: Adam Jslip, →OCLC:

     Both head-peeces and habergeons were slat and dashed a peeces.

4. To set on; to incite.

Translations

Anagrams

• Alts, LTAs, SALT, Salt, TLAs, alts, last, lats, salt

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish slat, from Proto-Celtic *slattā (“stalk, staff”). Cognate with Welsh llath.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /sˠl̪ˠɑt̪ˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /sˠlɑt̪ˠ/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠl̪ˠat̪ˠ/

Noun

slat f (genitive singular slaite, nominative plural slata or slatacha)

1. rod, slender stick

   Synonyms: bata, maide

2. cane, switch

   Synonym: cána

3. wand
4. slender bar, rod
5. rail
6. sapling, slip, scion
7. (anatomy) penis

   Synonym: bod

8. (measurement) yard

   Synonym: cleith

9. (in the plural) outskirts

Declension

• Alternative strong plural form: slatacha

Derived terms

• slata Napier
• slat bhrataí (“jack-staff”)

Mutation

Further reading

• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 79
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “slat”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old English

Verb

slāt

1. first/third-person singular preterite of slītan

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish slat, from Proto-Celtic *slattā (“stalk, staff”). Cognate with Welsh llath.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sˠl̪ˠaht/

Noun

slat f (genitive singular slait or slaite, plural slatan)

1. stick, rod, twig, switch, wand
2. yard (unit of length)
3. (vulgar, slang, anatomy) penis

Declension

Derived terms

• iadh-shlat
• slat-tomhais

See also

• mìle (“mile”)
• òirleach (“inch”)
• troigh (“foot”)

Mutation