slatting

[ slat-ing ]

noun

1. the act of furnishing with or making from slats. slat.
2. a number of slats, slat, taken as a whole.

Word History and Origins

Origin of slatting¹

First recorded in 1525–35; slat ¹ + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Sitting at the table in the darkness, the moonlight slatting into the cabin through the small windows in bars of pale white, he hated himself more than all the rest.

From Literature

Two days had slipped away since Jimmy joined the Tyee, when, with her dew-wet canvas slatting at every roll, she crept out from the narrow waters into the Pacific.

From Project Gutenberg

Again Alaric was in despair, though he could still hear the shouting of orders and a confused slatting of sails.

From Project Gutenberg

The yacht shot up into the wind all right; but after hanging there for a minute with slatting sails, she gracefully tilled away again on her former tack.

From Project Gutenberg

The breeze had died, however, and the Stella wallowed in a glassy calm, her sails slatting, her booms creaking, her gear complaining to the drunken roll.

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